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Chinese AI passed the exam in mathematics
The results of the mathematical tests, which were held of the Chinese artificial intelligence AI-MATHS. With the decision of the tasks he handled faster than normal students, but scores a little do not get. Tall black box that can accommodate eleven servers was placed in the center of the classroom where the exam was held,…
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NASA Astronaut Explains How to Drink Space Coffee: ‘Suck the Balls’
GIF GIF: Twitter/NASA In space, it is crucial for even the most basic of human tasks to be carried out with a high degree of skill and for astronauts to remain alert. That is why Air Force Colonel and ISS crewmember Jack Fischer sucks the balls. “I love coffee on Earth, it’s pretty much my…
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Appeals Court Says Chimps Are Not Legal Persons—Here’s Why They’re Wrong
Image: William Warby/Flickr Yesterday, a New York state appeals court rejected an appeal filed by the Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) seeking legal rights for a pair of captive chimpanzees. It’s a major setback for the group, but the battle to secure human-like legal protections for highly intelligent and self-aware animals is far from over. Tommy…
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California Vows ‘Any and All Legal Action Necessary’ to Stop Trump From Touching Its National Monuments
Image: AP The Attorney General of California sent an 11-page letter to the Interior Department, vowing to fight an April executive order from Trump that could potentially resize or even revoke the protected status of six different monuments in the state. The executive order cleared Secretary of the Interior, Ryan Zinke, to review 26 national…
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Ravens Remember If You Were a Dick to Them
Image: Tomas Quinones/Flickr You do not mess with ravens. Because if you dupe them, they’ll remember. Or so says a team of Austrian and Swedish scientists. In a small study on captive-bred ravens, they found that the birds remembered when scientists tricked them out of getting a good treat. Such a study has important implications…
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This Synthetic ‘Tongue’ Is an Insufferable Whiskey Snob
Photo: Getty Whiskey tastes like warm poison. To be fair, if you add an ice cube to the mix, it tastes like chilly poison. Even my very nice mom, in her infinite wisdom, once described whiskey as “horrible shit.” Nevertheless, those who insist there is a difference between good and bad whiskey will be happy…
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If You Resurrect the Woolly Mammoth, Can You Still Call It a Woolly Mammoth?
Image: AP In the early 20th century, seeking riches, fur and its medicinal qualities, the people of Europe hunted the Eurasian beaver to near extinction. Clever scientists, though, had an idea of how to atone for their sins. The North American beaver, at least from the outside, seemed nearly identical. They would introduce this far-flung…
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These Female Crabs Store a Shitload of Sperm
Purple stone crab (Photo; Nahuel Farias/Flickr) Lots of species do some wild sex stuff. The purple stone crab is no exception: Females have seminal receptacles, a special organ that just holds and stores sperm for later. Researchers studying the purple stone crab’s female parts wanted to get a better look at these sperm holders. But…
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Scientists Created Biodegradable Microbeads So Your Face Scrub Won’t Pollute Our Oceans
Why Those Little Plastic Microbeads in Your Soap Are So Bad This week, Illinois became the first state in the country to ban exfoliating plastic beads. Good… Read more A single bottle of Johnson & Johnson’s Clean & Clear has over 330,000 of the tiny plastic beads, and as you rinse your face in the…
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Bank: information about Trump is confidential
FRANKFURT – Deutsche Bank denies information about president Donald Trump to hand over to members of a committee in the U.s. House of Representatives. Lawyers of the institution were the Democratic politicians in a letter that it comes to confidential data. The German bank relies on U.s. privacy laws. “We must keep the law”, write…