Musk spoke with Dr Peter Diamandis on Thursday in Cape Canaveral, Florida during a livestream event announcing the $100-million Carbon Removal project, aimed at helping to keep the Earth habitable while humanity seeks to become an interplanetary species. The conversation quickly turned to the potential future human colonization of the …
Read More »Protesters at George Floyd ‘autonomous zone’ ask white people: ‘decenter’ before you enter
The intersection of East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has become an infamous address. It was there, last May, George Floyd died at the hands of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with murder murder this week. Since Floyd’s death, the area has seen protests, vigils, …
Read More »Black teen fatally shot by police after lunging at 2 people with knife, Columbus PD bodycam footage shows (DISTURBING VIDEO)
At a press conference on Tuesday evening, Interim Columbus Police Chief Michael Woods played back around two minutes of footage from the encounter. The video begins in the middle of a physical confrontation between several people. Amid the scuffle, an officer who has not been identified is heard telling others …
Read More »People trust algorithms more than other human beings, study finds. Who do they think programs those computers?
In an era where humans are hamstrung by fear of bias, it’s easier to delegate certain tasks to computers, especially if the task is particularly trying or difficult. Certainly it’s hard to believe a seemingly-impartial silicon chip could be anything other than immune to the social pressures of human interaction …
Read More »On human rights, US and Japan have debts to China and the people of the world, says Beijing
Speaking on Monday, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin denounced the joint statement made by Washington and Tokyo, which claimed China’s actions are negatively impacting peace and security in the Indo-Pacific region. Wang claimed that the US and Japan weren’t at liberty to make such statements concerning Chinese internal policy and …
Read More »Scientists reveal new explanation for why people are persistently hungry all the time
The researchers examined blood sugar responses and other indicators from 1,070 participants in the UK and the US, sourcing data from the PREDICT (Personalised REsponses to DIetary Composition Trial) nutrition research project. The volunteers ate standardised breakfasts, after which they were free to choose their remaining meals throughout the remainder …
Read More »Covid-19 side effect: Why have people started spending heavily on sports cards and memorabilia? RT’s Boom Bust finds out
Rare cards are being sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars, while new packs are selling out unbelievably quickly. RT’s Boom Bust has talked to Ken Goldin, Founder and Chairman of Goldin Auctions, which trades in sports cards, autographed memorabilia, game used items and some other collectable stuff, to investigate …
Read More »Just as Diana was ‘the people’s princess’, so the Prince Philip I knew is ‘the people’s racist’. He’d be happy with that epitaph
FULL DISCLOSURE: I used to know HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. I say, I used to know. What I actually mean is that I met him once, many years ago. Well, ‘met’ isn’t strictly true, either. However, when it comes to choosing sides in Britain’s favourite bloodless civil war, …
Read More »‘Blue hair & f*cks people up’: MMA stunner Lucero Acosta lands BRUTAL KO win (VIDEO)
Fight fans are beginning to sit up and take notice of novice fighter ‘La Loba’, who improved her record to 2-1 as she swarmed Breeden with a flurry of strikes against the cage to rebound from defeat in her last bout as part of Friday’s Combate Global ‘Mexico vs USA’ card …
Read More »‘Mass casualty incident’: Multiple people reported wounded in shooting at FedEx facility in Indianapolis
A massive police response was underway on Mirabel Road, southwest of Indianapolis, on Thursday night. One man told local media his niece was shot in the arm at a gas station that is just outside the warehouse complex that includes a FedEx Ground warehouse. Indianapolis police said in a statement …
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