12,500-Year-Old Settlement Discovered in Chile

Around 12,440-12,550 years ago, hunter-gatherers returned regularly to Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile to hunt ancient elephant relatives called gomphotheres and take advantage of other local resources. The post 12,500-Year-Old Settlement Discovered in Chile appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.  Around 12,440-12,550 years ago, hunter-gatherers returned regularly to Tagua Tagua Lake in Chile to…

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Self-Driving Tesla Nearly Hits Oncoming Train, Raises New Concern On Car’s Safety

Craig Doty II, a Tesla owner, narrowly avoided a collision after his vehicle, in Full Self-Driving (FSD) mode, allegedly steered towards an oncoming train. Nighttime dashcam footage from earlier this month in Ohio captured the harrowing scene: Doty’s Tesla rapidly approaching a train with no apparent deceleration. He insisted his Tesla was in Full Self-Driving…

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OpenAI’s chatbot shows racial bias in advising home buyers and renters

ChatGPT often suggests lower-income neighbourhoods to people who are Black, showing prejudices reflecting generations of housing discrimination in the USChatGPT often suggests lower-income neighbourhoods to people who are Black, showing prejudices reflecting generations of housing discrimination in the US ChatGPT often suggests lower-income neighbourhoods to people who are Black, showing prejudices reflecting generations of housing discrimination…

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‘It’s a barbarity’: why are hundreds of families asking to be moved away from this Dominican Republic goldmine?

Communities around the Pueblo Viejo mine complain of serious health problems and a diminished environment and have spent years campaigning to be relocated In the shadow of El Llagal, a tailings dam that holds waste from one of the world’s largest goldmines in the Dominican Republic, sits the home of Casilda Lima. The roof is…

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Ships could store their CO2 emissions in the ocean

Researchers have designed a new system to capture carbon dioxide from shipping exhaust after studying how limestone naturally dissolves in the oceanResearchers have designed a new system to capture carbon dioxide from shipping exhaust after studying how limestone naturally dissolves in the ocean Researchers have designed a new system to capture carbon dioxide from shipping exhaust…

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