Scientists warn of ‘insidious risks’ of increasingly popular technology that affirms even harmful behaviour Turning to AI chatbots for personal advice poses “insidious risks”, according to a study showing the technology consistently affirms a user’s actions and opinions even when harmful. Scientists said the findings raised urgent concerns over the...
Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK
Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in decade since cancer link found Bacon and ham sold in the UK should carry cigarette-style labels warning that chemicals in them cause bowel cancer, scientists say. Their demand comes as they criticise successive British governments for doing “virtually nothing”...
Napoleon’s soldiers who died in Russian retreat had unexpected diseases, study finds
Analysis of DNA from teeth of troops buried in mass grave suggests soldiers had paratyphoid fever and relapsing fever When Napoleon ordered his army to retreat from Russia in October 1812, disaster ensued. Starving, cold, exhausted and struggling with sickness, an estimated 300,000 soldiers died. Researchers now say they have...
Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas for helping to burn a man alive in 1993 over a $200 drug debt
Alabama executes man with nitrogen gas for helping to burn a man alive in 1993 over a $200 drug debt
Man pleads not guilty to sparking deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles
A 29-year-old man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire, one of the most destructive wildfires in California history, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges
In Japan and South Korea, Trump will promote big investments
President Donald Trump will be in Japan and South Korea next week and he's expected to promote an epic windfall in investments for U.S. factories and projects
US military flew supersonic B-1 bombers up to the coast of Venezuela
The U.S. military has flown a pair of supersonic, heavy bombers up to the coast of Venezuela
Girl shot in Minneapolis church returns home from the hospital
A 12-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a deadly attack at a Minneapolis Catholic church in August has been released from the hospital
Jury awards more than $40 million to family of man who died in privately-run jail
A federal jury found a private corrections company running a Louisiana jail liable for the 2015 death of a man who died of head injuries he sustained while in custody and awarded the family more than $40 million in damages
What to know about the blast at a Tennessee explosives plant that killed 16 people
Authorities plan to give an update on the massive blast in Tennessee that killed 16 people earlier this month at an explosives plant