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Camp Century: Abandoned Cold War ‘city under the ice’ rediscovered by NASA | Science, Climate & Tech News
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NASA scientists have rediscovered a long-lost “city” buried under 100ft of ice, 58 years after it was abandoned as a US base during the Cold War. Camp Century, built in 1959 in northwest Greenland, was a never-completed secret launch site for ballistic missiles to reach the Soviet Union. As ice began to crush the site,…
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Laser technology uncovers ancient Mayan city hidden in Mexico jungle | World News
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Archaeologists have discovered thousands of previously unknown ancient structures, including pyramids, hidden deep in Mexico’s jungle. More than 6,600 structures linked to the Maya civilisation have been found in the southern state of Campeche on the Yucatan Peninsula. Experts analysed lidar data, a method of scanning the land from above using lasers. The Maya were…
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‘Robot dog’ among new gadgets unveiled for New York City police | Science & Tech News
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A “robot dog” is being added to New York’s crime-fighting armoury, along with other high-tech equipment. “Digidog is out of the pound,” said Mayor Eric Adams as he unveiled the devices alongside police chiefs in Times Square. He said he was pressing ahead despite critics calling it creepy when the city first trialled one two…
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‘No place for killer robots in our city’: San Francisco abandons controversial policy after backlash | US News
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Killer robots will not be rolled out in San Francisco after all – with police performing a U-turn just days after the controversial policy was announced. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) had mooted the deployment of robots equipped with explosive charges “to contact, incapacitate, or disorient violent, armed, or dangerous suspects” when lives were…