The academic and author discusses what to expect from the singularity, the need for AI self-correcting mechanisms, and what hope there is for superintelligence safeguarding democracy.https://www.wired.com/story/questions-answered-by-yuval-noah-harari-for-wired-ai-artificial-intelligence-singularity/
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Scientists are using an array of instruments to detect other planets, some of which may harbor life—and others that most definitely don’thttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/from-worlds-that-look-like-cotton-candy-to-others-covered-in-volcanoes-these-are-the-strangest-and-most-captivating-exoplanets-180986260/
By delivering newspapers, munitions and secret messages to resistance groups, among many other incredible tasks, the brave fighters strove for a freer worldhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/new-book-reveals-daredevil-lives-four-italian-women-who-stood-up-hitler-mussolini-180986245/
One leading botanist is scouring remote corners of the earth to find new species that could keep our mugs fullhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-forgotten-bean-could-save-coffee-from-extinction-180986230/
The natural disaster compounds humanitarian concerns in a country already in the throes of a devastating civil warhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/death-toll-passes-2000-after-magnitude-7-7-earthquake-hits-myanmar-among-the-most-powerful-quakes-in-the-region-since-1900-180986341/
The find offers archaeological evidence of the 20-year interlude when the British ruled St. Augustine, Florida, which was founded by the Spanish in 1565https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-unearth-rare-reminder-britains-brief-reign-over-the-nations-oldest-city-180986340/
Isar Aerospace, the company behind the rocket, is still heralding the launch as a success due to the data it providedhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/first-orbital-rocket-launched-from-western-europe-crashes-into-sea-after-roughly-30-second-flight-180986338/
Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, a pair of 22-year-old members of the British Royal Air Force, apologized for stealing a statue of the beloved bear from a park benchhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/judge-reprimands-thieves-in-bear-statue-heist-your-actions-were-the-antithesis-of-everything-paddington-stands-for-180986337/
The almendro tree may have evolved to attract lightning, which helps clear more space for it to grow, according to new researchhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/being-struck-by-lightning-is-no-big-deal-for-this-tropical-tree-the-zap-even-gives-it-a-boost-180986333/
Unraveling the surprising science that gives colorful diamonds their special allurehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/fancy-yourself-look-worlds-rarest-diamonds-red-smithsonian-natural-history-museum-180986244/
After earning a medical degree in 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler died in obscurity and was buried without a headstonehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-nations-first-black-female-doctor-blazed-a-path-for-women-in-medicine-but-she-was-left-out-of-the-story-for-decades-180986328/
One analyst called China’s large-scale drills a “pre-invasion operation” as it ramps up attacks on Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, calling him a “parasite.”https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/01/china-taiwan-military-drills-lai/
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the U.S.-Canada border and has long stood as a symbol of chummy bilateral ties. Now, that bond is fraying.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/01/canada-us-relations-haskell-library/
European officials are worried that measures against companies like Google and Meta could escalate the trade war, but they say Trump has shifted the goalposts.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/01/eu-trump-tariffs-retaliation-big-tech/
Workers have grown weary of the constant attacks — but this spring, a ceasefire and visiting celebrity boxer Oleksandr Usyk lifted spirits.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/01/ukraine-usyk-electricity-power-ceasefire-russia/