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If a business is run by an AI and it causes you harm, could you sue the AI?
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Up to 50% of US teens feel they are addicted to their devices. But help is out there.
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A team of scientists has developed a method for creating a new class of plastic materials that are potentially more recyclable…
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Physicists uncovered a new experiment hidden in old data from the Large Hadron Collider. Using this innovative approach,…
An astronomer explains why space looks so dark despite containing 200 billion trillion stars.
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If Israel’s Iron Dome is the best air defense system in the world, how did so many Hamas missiles get through? An aerospace…
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