Philosophers say now is the time to mull over what qualities should grant an artificially intelligent machine moral standing.
A reef measuring about 1,600 feet has been found in Australia's Great Barrier Reef, making it taller than some of the world's highest skyscrapers.
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Researchers have discovered a rare songbird, called the rose-breasted grosbeak, that is male on one side of its body and female on the other.
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Nokia says it has been tapped by NASA to build the first cellular communications network on the moon, to be deployed on a lunar lander in 2022.
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