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Pilot Project Sends Kelp–and Carbon–to the Seafloor

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Last January, in the waters off Cebu City in the Philippines, researchers first deployed a huge flexible ring seeded with seaweed and spanned by spokelike ropes and tubes. This article is part of our special report Top Tech 2024. At daybreak, the cranks pull the ring back up to the surface to soak up sunlight and carbon dioxide.

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The Marimba Virtuoso’s Desktop Planetarium

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Clair Omar Musser, an engineer working for Scientific Space Industries, a subsidiary of Hughes Aircraft, took up the challenge. Musser created the more affordable desktop model shown at top for the Seattle World’s Fair. Two years later, the Philippines’ Atomic Energy Commission contributed a siderite, a nickel-iron meteorite.

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Opinion: Consumer Reports’ Tesla Autopilot stunt crossed a line in an already-heated EV climate

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A look at the current political climate in countries such as the United States and the Philippines would show this. Such is simply the nature of the car industry. The auto sector could not really afford to have another Suzuki Samurai saga right now, especially considering the sustainability goals of numerous countries worldwide. .

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Announcing a Benchmark to Improve AI Safety

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As leaders in the field of AI, from both industry and academia, we build and deliver the most widely used performance benchmarks for AI systems in the world. Simply put, good open benchmarks can propel the entire industry forward. The following MLCommons AI safety working group members contributed to this article: Ahmed M.