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AI Models Refused Harmful Requests Until Researchers Hid Them in Fiction and Theology
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (770+ words) Advanced AI guardrails collapse when confronted with humanistic literature....
Towns Across America Are Banning Solar Developments Because They're Convinced the Panels Make Them Sick (They Don't)
19+ hour, 22+ min ago (1686+ words) Home " Environment " Renewable Energy Across the U. S. , critics are pressuring public officials to stop or stall new solar projects, often citing unfounded health concerns. Kevin Heath had hoped there would be solar panels by now on his family farm in southeastern…...
A Swedish Library Forgot to Close Its Doors and Something Beautiful Happened
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (391+ words) They say a reader does not steal and a thief does not read. In the city of Gothenburg, Sweden, that's definitely true. When Anna Carin Elf arrived at the Gothenburg City Library on a Saturday morning, she expected the silence…...
How People Have Been Using Their Hands to Secretely Store Vast Amounts of Information For Over 1, 000 years
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (1005+ words) The ancient trick to memorizing anything fits right inside your own pocket. No one knows who made a particular drawing of an 8th-century monk, perhaps a member of an esoteric Buddhist cult traveling the Silk Road. Nonetheless, the piece sat…...
We've been looking at endometriosis all wrong, British researchers say
4+ week, 20+ hour ago (764+ words) It's time to treat it as a whole'body inflammatory disorder. Endometriosis is a painful, debilitating condition affecting 10% of women worldwide. It occurs when tissue similar to the lining of the uterus (known as lesions) grows elsewhere in the body " usually…...
Why Sweden Is Spending Millions to Ditch School i Pads and Bring Back Books
1+ week, 3+ day ago (358+ words) Amid declining test scores, the country has pivoted away from screens and invested in back-to-basics school materials. Educational authorities have been investing heavily. Last year alone, the education ministry allocated $83 million to purchase textbooks and teachers" guides. In a country…...
Mexico Is Officially Launching Universal Healthcare This Week
1+ week, 4+ day ago (703+ words) Mexico dismantles silos to build a unified, rights-based medical future. Mexico is attempting something it has never done before. The government is currently dismantling a fragmented healthcare maze to build a single, unified public system. Launched this month, the Universal…...
Your Electric Car Could Actually Earn You Money to Power the Grid
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1265+ words) Matt Simon is a senior writer at Grist, covering climate solutions. Prior to that, he spent over a decade at Wired magazine. He's the author of three books, most recently A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet…...
Why Taking Off Your Hat Was a Matter of Life and Death in Early Modern England
1+ week, 6+ day ago (954+ words) Going outside without a hat in 1600s England meant you were either completely insane or totally broke. Today, a hat is just a way to keep the sun out of your eyes or perhaps hide a bad haircut. But imagine a…...
Scientists Tracking the Microplastic Pollution Just Realized They Were Measuring Their Own Lab Gloves
3+ week, 3+ day ago (465+ words) Home " Environment " Environmental Issues We should not underestimate the prevalence of microplastics. They are everywhere'in our rivers, our lungs, and even in our blood. But researchers tracking this global pollution crisis may have inadvertently contaminated their research samples. The protective…...