From India’s Bihar to California’s Bay Area, Hindus celebrate ancient sun festival (RNS) — The ritual celebrating the rising and setting sun predates the Hindu gods that are more commonly known today, and stems from the earliest tradition of Hinduism, known as Vedic Hinduism.  The post From India’s Bihar to California’s Bay Area, Hindus celebrate ancient sun festival appeared first on Religion News Service.

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From ancient Jewish texts to androids to AI, humans have searched for life-giving code (The Conversation) — The idea of a just-right numerical sequence that can animate matter is an ancient one. The post From ancient Jewish texts to androids to AI, humans have searched for life-giving code appeared first on Religion News Service.

Peering Into A.I.’s Black Box, Who’s the Real Techno-Optimist? and Reading Ancient Scrolls With A.I. New ways we’re understanding A.I. models, the musings of a billionaire venture capitalist, and the first word from an ancient scroll.

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What ancient Greek stories of humans transformed into plants can teach us about fragility and resilience (The Conversation) — In Greek mythology, nature teaches us how grief transforms who we are as people. The post What ancient Greek stories of humans transformed into plants can teach us about fragility and resilience appeared first on Religion News Service.

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Ancient Logs Offer Earliest Example of Human Woodworking Scientists have unearthed logs in Africa that are nearly a half-million years old, the remnants of large wooden structures crafted by our early ancestors.

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It’ll be all-out war in the ancient sands of Egypt next month, as Total War: Pharaoh launches on PC Gaze upon the map of a once-proud empire, in this new trailer for Total War: Pharaoh, as the title heads towards launch. An apocalypse on the horizon Alert the scribes, two pieces of news arrive this day for Sega and Creative Assembly’s Total War: Pharaoh. First, the real-time strategy war-game has a brand new trailer, … The post It’ll be all-ou…

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Amtrak’s New Trains Can’t Hit Full Speed On Its Ancient Track America’s railways are rapidly falling behind the rest of the world. Trains are slower, tracks are older and stations are becoming fewer and farther between. Now, rail operator Amtrak is working to change things with a fleet of new high-speed trains, but there’s a problem: the tracks are too old for them to run at… Read more…

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Ancient Fires Drove Sabertooth Cats and Other Large Mammals Extinct, Study Suggests Fossils from La Brea Tar Pits in Southern California suggest that sabertooth cats and other large North American mammals disappeared as a result of wildfires spurred by human activity.

Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic near Armageddon. Where it could go next sparks outcry TEL MEGIDDO, Israel (AP) — The proposed loan to the Museum of the Bible in Washington underscores the deepening ties between Israel and evangelical Christians in the U.S, whom Israel has come to count on for political support, tourism dollars and other benefits. The post Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic near Armageddon. Where it could …

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