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- What are the biggest threats to humanity? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-47030233 89 comments
- Is AI the biggest threat when our world is guided more by human stupidity? https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/05/is-ai-really-the-biggest-threat-when-our-world-is-guided-more-by-human-stupidity 4 comments
- The Five Biggest Threats To Human Existence http://www.popsci.com/article/science/five-biggest-threats-human-existence?dom=tw&src=SOC 3 comments
- The five biggest threats to human existence http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/21/five-biggest-threats-human-existence?cmp=twt_gu 37 comments technology
- Apparently the biggest threat to human life is Strontium-90. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/radiation/dir/mstreet/commeet/meet11/brief11/tab_i/br11i1a.txt 10 comments science
- Fiat currency is the biggest threat to humanity in my opinion https://wtfhappenedin1971.com/ 34 comments bitcoin
- Environmental threats are biggest challenge to human rights -UN https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/environmental-threats-are-biggest-challenge-human-rights-un-2021-09-13/ 16 comments worldnews
- Alcohol and tobacco, not illegal drugs, are the biggest threat to human health https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/alcohol-tobacco-vs-drugs-12052018/ 5 comments science
- From Evil AI to Climate Change: Biggest Threats to Humans in 2022 https://interestingengineering.com/the-question-of-the-year-what-are-the-biggest-threats-to-humanity-in-2022 32 comments futurology
- Donald Trump is 'one of the biggest threats to humanity' according to Nobel prize winners https://uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-one-biggest-threats-humanity-according-nobel-prize-winners-144452982.html 9 comments politics
- Doomsday Clock is 90 seconds to midnight as experts warn ‘AI among the biggest threats’ to humanity https://www.tomsguide.com/news/ai-a-threat-to-the-end-of-the-world-doomsday-clock-stays-at-90-seconds-to-midnight 388 comments technology
- Climate change is the biggest threat to human health this century http://news.sky.com/skynews/home/world-news/climate-change-is-biggest-threat-to-human-health-this-century-says-report-by-ucl-experts/article/200905215281395?lpos=world_news_first_world_news_article_teaser_region_2&lid=article_15281395_climate_change_is_biggest_threat_to_human_health_this_century%2C_says_report_by_ucl_experts 7 comments reddit.com
- Is AI really the biggest threat when our world is guided more by human stupidity? | Nouriel Roubini https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/feb/05/is-ai-really-the-biggest-threat-when-our-world-is-guided-more-by-human-stupidity 32 comments climate
- Dirty air is biggest external threat to human health, worse than tobacco or alcohol, major study finds https://www.cbsnews.com/news/air-pollution-biggest-human-health-threat-smoking-alcohol-study/ 13 comments health
- Dirty air is biggest external threat to human health, worse than tobacco or alcohol, major study finds https://aqli.epic.uchicago.edu/reports/ 7 comments science
- Climate change is "single biggest health threat facing humanity," WHO says https://www.cbsnews.com/news/climate-change-health-threat-who/?ftag=cnm-00-10aab7e&linkid=135497190 60 comments worldnews
- Congress condemns terror attack in Moscow; says terrorism biggest threat to humanity, peace https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/congress-condemns-terror-attack-in-moscow-says-terrorism-biggest-threat-to-humanity-peace/article67983385.ece 2 comments india
- Terrorism biggest threat to humanity: PM Modi at informal BRICS leaders' meeting in Osaka | India News - Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/terrorism-biggest-threat-to-humanity-pm-modi-at-informal-brics-leaders-meeting-in-osaka/articleshow/69983304.cms 4 comments india
- ‘Terrorism biggest threat to humanity’: PM Modi at informal BRICS leaders’ meeting in Osaka https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/terrorism-biggest-threat-to-humanity-pm-modi-at-informal-brics-leaders-meeting-in-osaka/story-fuy54ngp6ekbhqxybvgtgk.html 23 comments india
- Nobel Prize winners call for 2% cut in global military spending to solve humanity's biggest threats https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/01/20/nobel-prize-winners-call-for-2-cut-in-global-military-spending-to-solve-humanity-s-biggest 9 comments environment
- The world’s biggest canned tuna brands are failing to tackle modern slavery in their Pacific supply chains, leaving thousands of workers at sea under threat of human rights abuses https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jun/03/major-tuna-brands-failing-tackle-slavery-pacific-supply-chains-report 21 comments worldnews
- Gambian president says 'anti-Allah' homosexuality becoming epidemic; listed homosexuality as one of the biggest threats to human existence in a shocking address to the U.N. General Assembly http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/29/gambian-president-says-anti-allah-homosexuality-be/?utm_source=rss_feed&utm_medium=rss 5 comments worldnews
- Bill and Melinda Gates think a weaponized disease may be the biggest threat to humanity: "A bioterrorist event could spread so quickly, and we are so unprepared for it," https://www.businessinsider.com/pandemic-risk-to-humanity-2017-9?r=us&ir=t 46 comments worldnews
- A new study released by the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that tobacco is the biggest source of litter on the planet. As tobacco is severely damaging the environment, the WHO emphasizes that tobacco is not only a threat to human health but a threat to humanity. https://housely.com/world-health-organization-study-tobacco-damage-environment/ 43 comments science
- An alliance of Western leaders, Muslim nations and Vladimir Putin is the only way to defeat Isis... The group is the biggest threat to humanity that the world has faced in the 21st century...Evgeny Lebedev http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/an-alliance-of-western-leaders-muslim-nations-and-vladimir-putin-is-the-only-way-to-defeat-isis-10490940.html 27 comments russia
- Humans are driving one million species to extinction. Landmark United Nations-backed report finds that agriculture is one of the biggest threats to Earth’s ecosystems. http://feeds.nature.com/~r/nature/rss/current/~3/plpiepdfh6m/d41586-019-01448-4?utm_source=researcher_app&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=mkef_usg_researcher_inbound 10 comments worldnews
- WHO: Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental threats to human health. Every year, exposure to air pollution is estimated to cause 7 million premature deaths and result in the loss of millions more healthy years of life https://shafaq.com/en/World/WHO-Air-pollution-is-one-of-the-biggest-environmental-threats-to-human-health 4 comments environment
- The livelihoods of millions of people living along the world’s biggest river systems are under threat by a range of stressors caused by the daily economic, societal and political activity of humans – in addition to the long-term effects of climate change https://blogs.illinois.edu/view/6367/809550 5 comments science
- Humans are driving one million species to extinction: Landmark UN-backed report finds that agriculture is one of the biggest threats to Earth's ecosystems. The analysis distills findings from nearly 15,000 studies and government reports. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-01448-4 570 comments science
- Alcohol and tobacco are by far the biggest threat to human health around the world, while illegal drug harms “don’t even come close”, a major report on addictive substances has found. No country in the world reports harm from illegal drugs rivalling culturally acceptable substances. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/alcohol-drinking-smoking-drugs-addictive-health-worst-bad-cannabis-cocaine-amphetamines-opioids-a8345741.html 240 comments worldnews
- Climate action at COP26 could save millions of lives, WHO says: "The burning of fossil fuels is killing us. Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity," the WHO said on Monday. https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/climate-action-cop26-could-save-millions-lives-who-says-2021-10-11/ 33 comments worldnews