Bird Flu Is Spreading in Alarming New Ways

As a recent example of what may ensue, Pitesky points to the repeated African swine fever outbreaks across various Asian countries in the past decade, which decimated the pig farming industry to the extent that pork was briefly usurped by poultry as the most widely consumed animal protein on the planet. Pitesky argues, however, that […]

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Bird Flu Is Spreading in Alarming New Ways

As a recent example of what may ensue, Pitesky points to the repeated African swine fever outbreaks across various Asian countries in the past decade, which decimated the pig farming industry to the extent that pork was briefly usurped by poultry as the most widely consumed animal protein on the planet. Pitesky argues, however, that […]

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Bird Flu Is Spreading in Alarming New Ways

As a recent example of what may ensue, Pitesky points to the repeated African swine fever outbreaks across various Asian countries in the past decade, which decimated the pig farming industry to the extent that pork was briefly usurped by poultry as the most widely consumed animal protein on the planet. Pitesky argues, however, that […]

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AI-generated sexual images of Taylor Swift are ‘alarming and terrible,’ says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, but what can the tech giant do about it?

What you need to know Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella spoke with NBC Nightly News about the emergence of AI-generated fake images of Taylor Swift that present Swift in a sexual manner. Nadella called the situation “alarming and terrible” and said Microsoft and others need to act. A report claims that Microsoft Designer was used to […]

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This Brutal Summer in 10 Alarming Maps and Graphs

In the map above, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows July’s unrelenting worldwide heat. The darkest red—around Mexico and Central America, northern Canada and Alaska, and equatorial Africa—shows areas that logged record-high July temperatures. Lighter red indicates an area was much warmer than average, while the faint red indicates it was simply warmer than […]

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Antarctic Sea Ice Is at Record Lows. Is It an Alarming Shift?

Even more stunning, it was only in the mid-2010s that Antarctic sea ice was at record highs—at least highs since satellite observations began—having increased slightly but steadily in the years since 1979. That recent growth of Antarctic sea ice has been in stark contrast with that of the Arctic, a region that is now warming up to […]

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