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From sci-fi to the streets, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors considers a policy proposal on whether the San Francisco Police Department can use robots as a deadly force.

Xi Jinping is expected to break longstanding tradition in the coming days and secure a third term as China's president. It will mark a new era for China and likely lead to more tensions with the U.S.

Washington, D.C., is considered the highest-risk place for COVID infection in the nation. Data shows D.C. had 1,192 new cases per day and 169 cases per 100,000 in the seven-day period ending Monday.

A virtual event in Ocean Prototype Nights, a UC San Diego "Navigating the Pacific" series anticipating Getty Pacific Standard Time "Art + Science" 2024, hosted and sponsored by UC San Diego Visual Arts, Birch Aquarium at Scripps, Institute of Arts and Humanities, Design Lab, and the Getty Foundation. Date | Thursday, October 14 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Location | Virtual Activities schedule: • 7 p.m. – 7:40 p.m. – Kumeyaay tule boats (ha kwaiyo) link land and sea, past and present in the Kumeyaay language and culture revitalization movement. Stanley Rodriguez, in dialog with Amy Sara Carroll and Nan Renner at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps. • 7:40 p.m. – 8:20 p.m. – Kumeyaay weaving, from baskets to fishnets, show artistry and ingenuity, drawing from a varied terrain from the coast to the Colorado River. Martha Rodriguez, in dialog with Ricardo Dominguez and Lisa Cartwright at Kosay Kumeyaay Market. • 8:20 p.m. – 9 p.m. – Position Vector Salton Sea measures the rapid disappearance of the Salton Sea on tribal lands (site of ancient Lake Cahuilla) in a site-specific art installation created by the Torres Martinez Cahuilla Desert Indian Tribal Community in partnership with land artist Hans Baumann. Hans Baumann in dialog with James Nisbet, Manuel Schvartzberg Carrió and Joe Riley at the Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego/North. Six live-streamed evening dialogs twice a quarter from October through June around the “Navigating the Pacific” project, which are "prototypes" in the sense that they show ideas in progress.
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Democrats plan to spend $20 billion to help rural communities address the climate crisis. There's little sign the infusion of money will reshape politics in areas that traditionally vote Republican.

The puss caterpillar has venomous barbs along its hairy body, and they cause extreme pain for many people who come into contact with one of the fuzzy little bugs.

Most humans walk around feeling like they know what reality is, but the message at the core of Dr. Guy Leschziner's book is that all sensory information we receive is intrinsically ambiguous.

Despite more than a handful of setbacks, President Biden has delivered on several major promises since 2021, some with bipartisan support. Those compromises could be harder with the new Congress.

What happens when two studios are making the same movie and neither studio blinks?

Global Scientific Guild is delighted to welcome all Forensic Science experts and delegates to participate in the 2nd Global Webinar on Forensic Science which is going to be held during July 23-25, 2021. Forensic Science Webinar will be focusing on the theme “Insights and Innovations in Forensic Science: Progressing to the Future”. Topics discussed: • Forensic Science: Latest Research, Technology and Innovation • Current challenges in Forensic Science • Cyber Security Forensics (CSF) • Forensic Medicine • Wild Life Forensic Science • Nuclear Forensics • Forensic Sociology • Forensic Psychiatry • And many more! For more info, visit our homepage or email Sandy B at forensic@gsguild.org