Daily Archives: January 21, 2020

World’s Oldest Known Impact Crater Confirmed in Australia

Posted on January 21, 2020 by cPaul

A 70-kilometer-wide (43-mile) impact structure in the Australian Outback has been dated to 2.2 billion years old, making it the oldest known asteroid crater on Earth. Fascinatingly, this asteroid likely plunged into a massive ice sheet, triggering a global-scale warming … Continue reading →

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Nations dawdle on agreeing rules to control ‘killer robots’ in future wars

Posted on January 21, 2020 by cPaul

by Nita Bhalla NAIROBI, Jan 17 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Countries are rapidly developing “killer robots” – machines with artificial intelligence (AI) that independently kill – but are moving at a snail’s pace on agreeing global rules over their use … Continue reading →

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