AI can be used for the goodness of humankind such as the efforts to use AI to find a cure for cancer. If those breakthroughs arise, perhaps the minute hand on the clock ought to be moved further from ...

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Lucy Shapiro is a professor of developmental biology at Stanford University School of Medicine and is the Director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine. In 2018, she addressed the ...

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In 1979, George Miller introduced the world to Max Rockatansky — but unlike the cinematic apocalyptic hellscape of Fury Road, ...

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An astounding 40 percent think that a global conflict like World War III will arise—and that it could happen in space.