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Новости за 23.12.2024

Planes, buses, trucks, and automobiles crash during the weekend

«MercoPress» (en) 

At least ten people died and 17 others were injured when a private plane owned and flown by businessman Luiz Cláudio Galeazzi, 61, fell in a densely populated area on Sunday minutes after taking off from the Canela Aeroclube bound for Florianópolis, carrying ten passengers onboard, none of whom survived, Rio Grande do Sul Governor Eduardo Leite confirmed. At least 17 people were taken to the Gramado Hospital for smoke inhalation.

These Disney princesses are in mortal danger

Boing Boing 

Since 1982, the British Medical Journal, now called The BMJ, has published an annual Christmas edition that features "research articles which apply a serious academic approach to investigating less serious medical questions." This year's edition includes a study of the health risks Disney Princesses face. — Read the rest

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Will we ever trust robots?

Technology Review  

The world might seem to be on the brink of a humanoid-robot heyday. New breakthroughs in artificial intelligence promise the type of capable, general-purpose robots previously seen only in science fiction—robots that can do things like assemble cars, care for patients, or tidy our homes, all without being given specialized instructions.  It’s an idea that…