Human colonisation of Mars is not the answer in saving our species and ensuring our long term survival, a retired philosopher has claimed. Adam Morton worked for the University of British Columbia and says the migration to other planets could be disastrous for mankind's longevity. In an article for Newsweek he revealed it could bring about biological and nuclear warfare on both Earth and the red planet, the emergence of killer robots and the ecological ruin of our original home. Adam Morton worked for the University of British Columbia and says the migration to other planets could be disastrous for mankind's long-term survival. Professor Morton said that if one nation succeeded in moving to Mars they may trigger a war on Earth as other countries grow suspicious of their motives.

Thank you so much to my incredible team who got me safely to #Mars. Hear from some of them on how my #MarsLanding went.

Nasa's brand new Mars lander has sent back the first stunning of the surface of the red planet, taken at the end of a terrifying journey. As well as showing the dusty red ground that is now the InSight lander's home, the photo marks a successful close to a journey that took seven months from Earth, and culminated with a nervy few hours as InSight blasted through the Martian atmosphere. The photograph, which shows the InSight spacecraft in the front and the Martian surface further on, is an incredible look at a world that has killed most of the landers that have tried to journey there. From the International Space Station, Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Terry W. Virts took this photograph of the Gulf of Mexico and U.S. Gulf Coast at sunset This image of an area on the surface of Mars, approximately 1.5 by 3 kilometers in size, shows frosted gullies on a south-facing slope within a crater. The image was taken by Nasa's HiRISE camera, which is mounted on its Mars Reconaissance Orbiter The Soyuz TMA-15M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday, Nov. 24, 2014, carrying three new astronauts to the International Space Station.

AI is as hot as a laptop with a broken fan--so scorching that some conferences promise to exclude recruiters. As such, there are plenty of organizations motivated to share AI and machine learning information. This overview aims to help you identify the conferences that are worth your time and meet your needs. At first glance, you could use a background in data mining just to sort through all the events that have "artificial Intelligence" in their titles or include AI conference tracks. I winnowed down the offerings based on the quality of speakers, attendees, and networking opportunities.

Bygone is the era where the competition was among men; the world has now progressed to such a level that the war is between men and machines. The digital revolution has escalated to such an extent that the development in the field of Information technology is happening at an exponential pace. We must accept that Moore's prediction regarding the digital development in 1965 is no longer a mere hypothesis but a proven fact. With the advancements that are taking place in the field of Information technology, the security of this data has also become a matter of concern for scientists and organizations. With the high level innovations that are occurring in this field, it is an undeniable fact that the future of cybersecurity will be even tighter.

When I joined MD DI nearly a year ago, I would hear smatterings about artificial intelligence and machine learning in medtech. By mid-February every other pitch I started receiving was AI-related. Conferences started delving into the AI topic. I even participated in a webinar hosted by Dave Saunders, CTO and Co-founder of Galen Robotics. It was clear to me that AI wasn't just a buzzword, or some fancy marketing scribble used to catch a journalist's attention.

NASA's spacecraft, InSight, landed on Mars Monday. NASA's spacecraft that landed on Mars Monday has beamed back its first clear photo of the desolate Red Planet. Looking forward to exploring my new home," NASA tweeted late Monday, hours after its new InSight lander touched down. The image came after the rover had earlier sent back a somewhat blurry photo. The space agency said that in the interim the spacecraft had opened its solar panels, which allowed it to recharge its batteries for the mission.

In a letter addressed to her Democratic colleagues and members-elect over Thanksgiving weekend, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi gushed over the "important reforms" the Democratic majority would make in its rules package for the 116th Congress. Among these captivating new changes, she wrote, the package would "establish a select committee to improve the operation of Congress, ensuring that we deliver in a manner that is transparent, bipartisan and unifying." Establishing a committee to further investigate a topic of concern, however, is a congressional leader's way of telling a particular bloc of members that have been seeking specific concrete action, "No, you will not be getting that." In this case, the group Pelosi was saying "no" to was the Democratic membership of the House Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan, moderate caucus affiliated with the centrist political advocacy group No Labels. A group of nine of the caucus' Democratic members--down from 14 a few weeks ago--has been threatening to withhold its votes for Pelosi for speaker on the House floor in January unless she agrees to a series of a rules change that, in their words, would "allow for more transparency and bipartisan governing."

General Motors Co said on Monday it will cut production of slow-selling models and slash its North American workforce in the face of a stagnant market for traditional gas-powered sedans, shifting more investment to electric and autonomous vehicles. The announcement is the biggest restructuring in North America for the US's largest carmaker since its bankruptcy a decade ago. Its shares rallied 7.6 percent to $38.66. GM plans to halt production next year at three assembly plants - Lordstown, Ohio, Hamtramck, Michigan, and Oshawa, Ontario. The company also plans to stop building several models now assembled at those plants, including the Chevrolet Cruze, the Cadillac CT6 and the Buick LaCrosse.

Earlier today the Insight lander successfully touched down on Mars, and it's already crushing the'gram. Signals indicating that its solar panels had opened and were generating power came back to Earth at about 8:30 PM ET, along with a few photographs relayed via another visitor to Mars: the Odyssey orbiter. While it's expected to take two to three months to fully deploy the lander's instruments, this image came from its Instrument Deployment Camera which is mounted on a robotic arm. After a long flight, and thrilling #MarsLanding, it feels great to get a good stretch and recharge my batteries. It's just what I'll need to really start getting in tune with #Mars.