Content by author: Francis Goodwin

Google pushes artificial intelligence for upgraded news app | AFP

May 20, 2018 (AFP) -- For its updated news application, Google is doubling down on the use of artificial intelligence as part of an effort to weed our disinformation and help users get viewpoints beyond their own "filter bubble." Google chief Sundar Pichai, who unveiled the updated Google News earlier this month, said the app now "surfaces the news you care about from trusted sources while still ...

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Hitler definitely died in 1945 according to new study of his teeth | AFP

"We can stop all the conspiracy theories about Hitler. He did not flee to Argentina in a submarine, he is not in a hidden base in Antarctica or on the dark side of the moon," professor Philippe Charl ...

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The mind-boggling corruption of Trump Inc. | Ryan Cooper

"Trump." By IoSonoUnaFotoCamera. Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)May 18, 2018 (The Week) -- Another week in the Donald Trump presidency, another handful of days so stuffed full of sordid and highly complicated ...

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You don’t need the Weathermen to know which way the privilege flows… | Mickey Z.

18 West 11th Street on March 6, 1970. Credit: CBS Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “All over the world, people fighting Amerikan imperialism look to Amerika's youth to use our strategic position behind ...

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Powerful hurricanes strengthen faster now than 30 years ago | Tom Rickey

A study led by PNNL shows that hurricanes intensify more quickly now than they did 30 years ago. Hurricanes like Irma (center), and Jose (right) are examples of these types of hurricanes. Hurricane K ...

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Large predators once hunted to near-extinction are showing up in unexpected places | Brian R. Silliman

Large predators are being found in places they haven't been seen before, like on beaches and in backyards. They are rebounding from near-extinction and spreading out, says Duke research. Credit: Bria ...

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Earth's orbital changes have influenced climate, life forms for at least 215 million years | Dennis V. Kent

Within ancient rocks in Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have identified signs of a regular variation in Earth's orbit that influences climate. Here, one of the authors near the r ...

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The Horsefly Cometh | James Howard Kunstler

Horsefly. Credit: Dave Edens, Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust May 4, 2018 You can see where this Mueller thing is going: to the moment when the Golden Golem of Great ...

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The Original Donald Trump | Frank Rich

Roy Cohn in 1986, a few months before he died. Photograph by Mary Ellen Mark The New York Establishment will ignore unscrupulous acts to serve its interests -- just look how it treated Roy Cohn, onet ...

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Nuclear Calendar -- May 1, 2018 | FCNL

Nuclear Calendar -- May 1, 2018 Friends Committee On National Legislation April 23-May 4 2nd Preparatory Committee Session for 2020 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, Geneva, Switzerland. Re ...

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