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Here It Comes: Another Hot Summer in Europe

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The sweltering conditions upended vacations throughout the summer season as visitors collapsed from heat exhaustion at crowded tourist sites, and wildfires led to evacuations in Greece, Italy and Spain. Heat insurance?

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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The NeuroRights Foundation can claim much of the credit for the developments in Chile , Spain, and the U.N. Yuste, a professor of biology at Columbia University who studies neural circuitry, has been promoting the idea of neurorights for nearly a decade now. He first raised the issue through his involvement with the. The entrepreneur.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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February also saw the publication of a Los Angeles Times interview with US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu ( earlier post ), in which he voiced concern that the effects of climate change could decimate California’s agriculture as well as its urban water supplies. Earlier post.) ” —UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

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Falling Domestic Fares and an A.I. Arms Race: What Travelers Can Expect in 2024

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In 2024, we will see a new breed of intelligent travel agents built on top of chatbots,” said Oren Etzioni , professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Washington. The pilot program is now available at five airports, including La Guardia Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. The expanding use of A.I.

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