Month: January 2020

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‘Ecological Disaster’: Australian Bushfires Endanger Koalas, Wallabies

Sonali Paul 13/01/2020

Images of burned kangaroos, koalas and possums, along with...

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‘Deteriorating Situation’ in JNU Prompts Science Profs to Seek Refuge in IIT

Vasudevan Mukunth 13/01/2020

As some faculty members at JNU consider quitting because...

artificial intelligence, machine learning, algorithmic bias, human morals, discrimination, bias, COMPAS, supervised learning, unsupervised learning, self-learning, Alan Turing, AlphaZero, DeepMind, Google, Garry Kasparov, racial discrimination,

Why We Must Unshackle AI From the Boundaries of Human Knowledge

Viraj Kulkarni 12/01/2020

Technology alone cannot fight societal biases but we can...

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China: One Dead From Mysterious New Virus, Dozens Sick

Health authorities have identified a new coronavirus behind the...

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Interview: IIT Guwahati Whistleblower Says ‘Fighting for Justice Is Not Wrong’

Gaurav Das 11/01/2020

Brijesh Kumar Rai opens up about how he uncovered...

Telangana Rashtra Samiti, Telangana, Forest Rights Act, community forest rights, individual forest rights, tribals, tribal welfare, afforestation, Telangana ku haritha haram, Compensatory Afforestation Management and Planning Authority, CAMPA funds,

Forest Advisory Committee Okays Scheme to ‘Trade’ Forest Land

The Wire Staff 11/01/2020

The new scheme would allow agencies like private companies...

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Factcheck: Haryana CM Khattar Doesn’t Have Science’s Support to Ban Same-Gotra Marriages

Vasudevan Mukunth 11/01/2020

Providing premarital counselling and preconception genetic counselling will have...