In a Jan. 25 interview with The Epoch Times, West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore outlined a new state bill intended to ensure that proxy voting for shareholders isn’t a vehicle for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles that undercut the interest of those shareholders. “ESG is obviously a nonsensical investment strategy that has been distorting…
West Virginia Targets Proxy Voting in Fight Over ESG
January 25, 2023
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US to Test Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft That Could Eventually Fly People to Mars
A top NASA official revealed this week that the agency is teaming up with the Department of Defense (DOD) to test a spacecraft engine powered with nuclear fission by 2027, an effort that is part of a long-term NASA plan to send crewed missions to Mars. In a press release on Tuesday, NASA administrator Bill…
UK MP Asks Expert About Risks of AI and Is Told ‘It Could Kill Everyone’
A committee of MPs has been hearing evidence of the risks of a “dystopian future” in which artificial intelligence (AI) takes over the world and humans are wiped out, akin to the plot of the film “The Terminator.” At a hearing of Parliament’s Science and Technology Committee, Conservative MP Tracey Crouch asked Michael Cohen, a doctoral…
Vertical Gardens: Researchers Determine Efficacy of Cheaper Cooling Method
January 25, 2023
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Hot summers can be expensive, with air conditioners and fans driving up household electricity costs; however, researchers from the University of South Australia (UniSA) have identified a scientifically valid and inexpensive cooling method humans have known about for nearly a century. In a study from the UniSA, living walls or vertical gardens—walls that are entirely covered with…
20 States, From New Mexico to Maine, Could See Snow Due to Powerful Storm in Rockies
A powerful storm that has developed in the Rockies could bring snow to more than 20 states. Through midweek, the storm will bring a number of weather threats to the central and southern United States. According to AccuWeather analysts, the sizable system that intensified as it moved across the Rocky Mountains will leave a trail…
Trudeau ‘Excited’ by Quantum Computing, Announces $40M Investment
The federal government will invest $40 million in a Toronto company to help it develop the “computer of the future,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Jan. 23. “As many of you know, I get really excited by quantum computing,” Trudeau said while visiting the installations of Xanadu Quantum Technologies. The prime minister said the…
Mass Market Artificial Intelligence Passes Top Business School Exam
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence system, passed a graduate-level business examination at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, according to a new research paper. Christian Terwiesch, a professor at Wharton, considered one of the most prestigious business schools in the United States, said he wanted to test growing concerns about the chatbot’s potential. It comes amid a…
Artificial Intelligence ChatGPT Passes Top Business School Exam
ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence system, passed a graduate-level business examination at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, according to a new research paper. Christian Terwiesch, a professor at Wharton, considered one of the most prestigious business schools in the United States, said he wanted to test growing concerns about the chatbot’s potential. It comes amid a…
Bill Gates Funding Startup Looking to Cut Down Methane Emission From Cows
January 23, 2023
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Bill Gates is investing in an Australian startup focusing on reducing methane emissions from cows through a lab-grown feed additive, with the company planning to use the funds for commercial trials and setting up manufacturing, even as experts question the practicality of methane-focused scientific pursuits. Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures LLC (BEV) was part of a…
Company to Package Plastic Waste into a New Generation of Building Materials
In the circular economy, there are words, and there is action. “There’s definitely no shortage of ideas out there … there’s a million of them,” supply chain specialist Chris Collimore says. “But the big gap is commercial sustainability.” Collimore, the country manager of startup saveBOARD, is one of those turning a concept into reality. SaveBOARD’s…
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