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AI Artificial intelligence words, miniature of robot and U.S. flag are seen in this illustration taken December 21, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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US, China meet in Geneva to discuss AI risks

The State Department has pressed China and Russia to match US declarations that only humans, and never artificial intelligence, would make decisions on deploying nuclear weapons

A view shows the lights of an aurora australis caused by a geomagnetic storm over Villarrica volcano, in Pucon, Chile May 10, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Cristobal Saavedra Escobar
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Auroras dazzle in Latin America as solar storm causes rare displays

People enjoy the rare celestial spectacle in Britain. Photo: Adam Vaughan/EPA
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First 'extreme' solar storm in 20 years brings spectacular auroras

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, is prepared for launch of the Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, May 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Boeing Starliner crewed mission postponed to 17 May

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft, aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket, is prepared for launch of the Starliner-1 Crew Flight Test (CFT), in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US, May 5, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Joe Skipper
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Boeing Starliner capsule's first crewed test flight postponed over Atlas rocket glitch

Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule launches aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket on a second un-crewed test flight to the International Space Station, at Cape Canaveral, Florida, US May 19, 2022. Photo: REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo
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Boeing's Starliner set for first crewed mission to ISS

The Chang'e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination sit atop the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan province, China May 3, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Eduardo Baptista
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China launches historic mission to retrieve samples from far side of the moon

This combination of photos provided by the Suaq foundation shows a facial wound on Rakus, a wild male Sumatran orangutan in Gunung Leuser National Park, Indonesia, on June 23, 2022, two days before he applied chewed leaves from a medicinal plant, left, and on Aug. 25, 2022, after his facial wound was barely visible. (Armas, Safruddin/Suaq foundation via AP)
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A wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say

A human tooth discovered at Taforalt Cave in Morocco in an undated photograph. Photo: Heiko Temming/Handout via REUTERS
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What did people eat before agriculture? New study offers insight

The Chang'e 6 lunar probe and the Long March-5 Y8 carrier rocket combination sit atop the launch pad at the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Hainan province, China April 27, 2024. Photo: cnsphoto via REUTERS
China

China set to launch high-stakes mission to moon's 'hidden' side

Scientists spot previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in Antarctica. Photo: UNB
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Emperor penguins perish as ice melts to new lows

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Ancient giant tortoise fossils found in Colombian Andes

Nasa’s Mars helicopter Ingenuity was originally intended only to prove flight was possible in the Martian atmosphere. Photo: NASA/JPL-CALTECH
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NASA Mars helicopter sends last message to Earth