Last year saw a record number of investments in AI with $5 billion in funding, and the number continues to grow. Investors’ activity indicates the significance of this kind of technology for society – self-driving cars of the future, DNA genome analysis, climate change, cancer predictions and many other fields. Besides the important role AI …

Climate change is a central issue at this year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with multiple high-level meetings on the issue happening amid several devastating natural disasters. Hurricane Irma recently swept through the Caribbean and into Florida, only to be quickly followed by Hurricane Maria. “Climate change casts a long shadow over the development efforts …

Uh-oh—you just ran into an old acquaintance or co-worker in an elevator, a grocery store, or in front of the office coffee machine. What do you do? Hope they don’t notice you? Make awkward small talk? Your mood may not be any better for it, science says. In fact, you may not be able to …

Just when you thought nature couldn’t get any more amazing, this video emerges. A pair of white giraffes have been spotted for the first time by conversationists in Kenya. The mother and child reticulated giraffes were filmed in the Ishaqbini Hirola Conservancy in Kenya’s Garissa county and have been fascinating viewers of the footage ever …

According to a new study, your birth month can impact much more than your astrological sign. In fact, it correlates with the overall success of students throughout their childhood and adolescence. New research from the National Bureau of Economic Research says that the age of a child when they start school can make a substantial …