From Jenna Orkin Scotland’s Nicola Sturgeon, flag-bearer for independence, to resign For each of the following, please tell me how likely or unlikely you think they are to happen…? LikelyNeitherUnlikely Nuclear weapons will be used in a conflict somewhere in the world 48% 15% 37% Hackers from a foreign government will cause an IT shutdown to important government or public services in my country 44% 17% 39% The war in Ukraine will end in 2023 40% 23% 37% A rogue artificial intelligence program that can’t be shut down will cause significant havoc in my country 27% 19% 54% An asteroid will hit the Earth 22% 20% 58% Aliens will visit the Earth 18% 17% 65% Base: 24,471 adults aged 18-74 in the United States, Canada, Republic of Ireland, Israel, Malaysia, South Africa, and Turkey, 20-74 in Thailand, 21-74 in Indonesia and Singapore, and 16-74 in 26 other markets. Friday, October 21 - Friday, November 4, 2022 US Says 3 Mystery Objects Likely Private, With No China Link An investigation is underway after a train derailed in the Enoree area of Spartanburg County Monday DeSantis threatens to rid Florida of Advanced Placement classes Queen Consort Camilla will wear a recycled crown, without cursed diamond Rising seas risk climate migration on ‘biblical scale,’ says U.N. chief ‘It became me’: Studies show that revolutionary new brain chips may bend your mind in strange and troubling ways Elon Musk's neurotech startup, Neuralink, plans to initiate human trials implanting its skull-embedded brain chip within six months. The property market is so bad in China that some banks are letting people be on mortgages till they are 80