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Artificial intelligence is a growing topic of controversy, with its creators themselves warning that the technology will lead to humanity's "extinction." It's creeping into several industries while many countries are passing regulations on its use. And the advancement of AI raises questions about whether the technology will be needed to fight the climate crisis.

Israel stands at a precipice after lawmakers from right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling parliamentary coalition on Monday passed a contentious law that radically limits the Supreme Court's legislative oversight in what's been called "the most significant shakeup" to Israel's judiciary since the nation's founding in 1948. With tens of thousands of protesters massed outside Israel's Knesset building, lawmakers voted 64-0 in favor of the controversial measure that sits at the heart of Netanyahu's broad judicial overhaul effort... Читать дальше...

A so-called "gravity hole" in the Indian Ocean, where the gravitational pull is weaker than other places on Earth, could be the result of magma plumes from deep within the planet, scientists recently discovered, according to findings published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters. Researchers were previously unsure as to why the phenomenon existed.

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Novelist and Colgate University writing professor CJ Hauser is the author of "The Crane Wife," a memoir that expands on a viral 2019 essay about choosing to call off a wedding. "The Crane Wife" is now available in paperback. 

Leave it to Greta Gerwig to craft a Barbie movie that references everything from the history of Mattel, Stanley Kubrick films, Disney Channel originals and Michelangelo. From the in-jokes to the story behind those discontinued Barbies and Kens, let's break down all the best references stuffed into Gerwig's life in plastic. 

"Politicians in Texas love to talk about how business-friendly the state is," Michael Marks wrote at Texas Standard. "And for years, the data has backed that up." Ever since CNBC started ranking America's top states for business, Texas has been in the top five, placing first or second every year from 2008 to 2019. 

Israel's far-right government is on track to pass on Monday the first bill in a controversial package of measures to overhaul the judiciary to weaken the Supreme Court. The effort has bitterly split Israeli society, sparking 29 straight weeks of protest by hundreds of thousands of citizens. Adding to the tumult, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 73, was rushed to the hospital early Sunday for emergency treatment of a previously undisclosed heart condition.

There was no clear winner in Spain's election on Sunday, with both the governing Socialists and opposition center-right Popular Party failing to win the 176 seats needed to form a government.

Two was better than one this weekend at the box office, and movie theaters are reaping the benefits.