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DeepMind’s AlphaCode outperforms many human programmers in tricky software challenges

The Holocaust serves, paradoxically, as an alibi for Europeans to assume they are morally superior to others,

For the time being, the Peruvian ultra-right has sung victory. It has managed to get rid of a president it detested and wanted to overthrow since the beginning of his administration. However, it has not been able to fully impose itself.

Conservatives are obsessed with a patriotism litmus test rigged against Black Americans.

Earth’s largest animals are singing in ever-lower tones, and nobody knows why.

Overall, she has just a 37 percent approval rating, with 54 percent of respondents disapproving.

Humans are evolutionarily drawn to beauty. How do such complex experiences emerge from a collection of atoms and molecules?

More than 500,000 California farmworkers play a critical role in providing Americans with the food that nourishes and sustains their health. Yet, for those workers, their own health is too often in jeopardy.

The majority of the population is already in favor of a speedy end to the war. But what bodes ill for the authorities is the confusion, disunity and mutual claims of the upper classes.

Guantanamo, a prison built for those detained in America's never-ending Global War on Terror, has been open for almost 21 years. Will America's forever prison finally close?