Amazon temporarily suspended third-party sellers’ access to FedEx ground delivery services last month.
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A parasite that makes mice unafraid of cats may quash other fears too
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii turns mice’s fear of cats into curiosity. The parasite emboldens mice in other situations too, a new study finds.
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A Facebook Bug Exposed Anonymous Admins of Pages
A bad code update allowed anyone to easily reveal which accounts posted to Facebook Pages—including celebrities and politicians—for several hours.
World’s first city discovered by U.S. spy satellite
Old U.S. spy satellite images of the Middle East have unearthed a stunning discovery: the world’s first city, Tell Brak – 4,000 years older than the Great Pyramids. From the Series: The Life of Earth: The Age of Humans http://bit.ly/32oNmi8
Gender and Smart Learning Technologies
How can we tackle gender imbalance in the personalities of AI learning tools?
The Gendering of AI
The expected growth in use of artificial intelligence (AI) in learning applications is raising concerns about both the potential gendering of these tools and the risk that they will display the inherent biases of their developers. Why the concern? Well, to make it easier for us to integrate AI tools and chatbots into our lives, designers often give them human attributes. For example, applications and robots are often given a personality and gender. Unfortunately, in many cases, gender stereotypes are being perpetuated. The type of roles robots are designed to perform usually reflect gendered over generalizations of feminine or masculine attributes.
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Magnetic surgery takes promising first steps
Circa 2018
Magnets may play a central role in the future of surgery. This summer, US surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Cadeddu performed the first of several magnet-assisted prostate cancer surgeries he has now done.
Plants grow in ashes of Australia fires
Plants are photographed regrowing in parts of Australia ravaged by fire last month.
Warnings of ‘Volcanic Tsunami’ After Eruption in Philippines
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Tens of thousands were evacuated and tremors were felt in nearby villages amid an eruption of the country’s second-most-active volcano, the Taal, near Manila.
The Antarctic Sun: News about Antarctica
Antarctica’s native microorganisms are a hearty bunch, able to eke out a living on the planet’s coldest, highest, driest, windiest and emptiest continent. But the region wasn’t always quite as hospitable as it is today.
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People Are Finding Images Of Their Deceased Loved Ones On Google Maps
“It’s kind of like he’s still there, still waving, and it just makes me feel like he’s just still around.”