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Russia is building an army of robot weapons, and China’s AI tech is helping

An american source on this. Russia is way ahead of the USA on these, they were testing these in Syria, and there is no “WE CANT ARM ROBOTS!!” debate over there, they just go ahead and do it.

“In the context of increasing tensions with the United States, China and Russia have clearly made an agreement to expand their technological cooperation, with artificial intelligence playing a key role in their plans for the future,” a new CNA report finds.

Canada has waited long enough to ban chlorpyrifos

In 2019, the European Union banned chlorpyrifos, allowing three more months of use. Canada’s three-year phaseout risks ongoing harms, as well as dumping of this product on our market.

Back in 2000, Canadian politicians spoke up against commonly used lawn and household chlorpyrifos products when the U.S. banned domestic uses. Despite a year of study, the PMRA had not taken action.

How long will chlorpyrifos persist in commerce?

Lab-grown minihearts beat like the real thing

For Ma, growing a more adultlike heart organoid, with all its chambers and structures, is the future of the field. But he doesn’t think this will happen in the next decade. For a complete heartlike organoid, he says, “there is still a long way to go.”

Self-organizing organoids resemble a 1-month-old embryo’s heart.

Science Gets Closer To Making Human-Animal Chimeras

The recent announcement that scientists have made human-monkey embryos and cultured them in the lab for two weeks made international headlines.

The technology to make animals that contain cells from other species has been available for decades and used extensively in research. These organisms are called “chimeras”.

But this latest advance highlights the need to broaden the discussion around the possible benefits of such research and, specifically, how inter-species chimeric research should be conducted in future.

Meet The Patriots-4th of July Special

It’s that time of year where the federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence of the United States, (on July 4, 1776) is celebrated. To all my American fans I hope you have an awesome day! To celebrate I’m listing my favorite superheroes to rock the “Red, White and Blue”.

Happy Independence Day (Fourth of July)!

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