OpenAI Removes ChatGPT-Powered AI Chatbot Running For Mayor Due to Political Campaigning Violations

Medicine & Technology Jun 20, 2024

OpenAI has removed VIC, a ChatGPT-powered chatbot running for mayor in Wyoming, due to policy violations regarding political campaigning. Read to learn more.

White House Climate Review Has Some Scientists Uneasy

Jun 09, 2019

Concerns mount over reports that federal researchers could be compelled to participate in the controversial exercise.

Politician Says Melting Sea Ice is a Good Thing, Climate Change Experts Disagree

May 09, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the rapidly declining levels of sea ice could provide economic opportunities.

Trump’s Recent Debate on ‘Repeal and Replace’ Impacting Women’s Health

Apr 09, 2019

There’s a link between politics and women’s health

Trump Immigration Ban Order Impeded By U.S. Court in Virginia, Judge Says It's 'Unconstitutional'

Feb 14, 2017

Virginia judge stands out to hinder Trump's executive order. The judge said that the immigration ban is 'unconstitutional.'

Nations Are Now Flocking In On Antarctica

Jan 05, 2016

Russia and China have expanded their operations in Antarctica while other countries are setting up their own bases in the region.

Welfare May Actually Encourage Recipients to Work, New Study Suggests

Apr 01, 2015

Higher Welfare Does Not Encourage Dependency, New Study Suggests

When It Comes to Controversy, Science and the American Public Disagree

Jan 30, 2015

While most of the general public may not want to spend their life crunching numbers or mixing chemicals in a lab, often science breaches the great divide. While there may be a few points of contention, the good news at least is that most Americans believe that science and scientists are invaluable resources for information. In fact in a new public opinion poll released yesterday by the Pew Research Center and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 79 percent of those interviewed said that they believed in the important nature of science. But when it came to controversial topics like climate change and GMOs, the stats and the public opinion were not nearly as generous.

While US Moves Forward, Cuba Stands Still—Diplomatic Relations in Stand Still

Dec 19, 2014

It’s been a discussion decades in the making, but one whose final answer is not yet given. On two different sides of a war years ago, the United States decided once that Cuba should face an embargo thought to keep ties between the two nations as severed as could be. But with new leaders and a new collective vision for the future, not only of politics but of the two nations together, the embargo stopping free flow of products and people between the two nations may soon come to an end.

What Do Most People Consider in Choosing a Leader? Healthy or Smart Looks?

Nov 07, 2014

Study says that people tend to prefer healthy-looking leaders over smart-looking ones.