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Gas fields, LNG tankers, pipelines, and distribution lines also give rise to massive leaks of methane -- a gas with an even greater global warming potential than CO2.
From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026
Such a level of coordination among inauthentic online agents was unprecedented – AI models had been weaponized to give rise to a new generation of social agents, much more sophisticated than earlier social bots.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2026
If consciousness emerges from physical processes in biological brains, there’s no principled reason to believe similar processes in artificial systems couldn’t give rise to it too.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
"I am fascinated by the ways in which changes during development give rise to the skeletal features which distinguish dinosaurs, birds, crocodylians, and other vertebrates," said Morris.
From Science Daily • Dec. 9, 2025
At other times, two languages may come together, fuse, replicate, and give rise to nests of new tongues.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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