The Florida Python Challenge Is Back, and It’s Seeking Hunters to Kill Invasive Snakes for a $10,000 Grand Prize

The Florida Python Challenge is returning. The start of the annual event — which offers hunters far and wide the chance to compete for prizes for removing the titular invasive species, Burmese pythons ...

Florida pythons are edible. There's just one big problem

Python tacos? Python pizza? 'Chicken of the Glades?' Florida considered making invasive snakes a food source. Then science stepped in.

Recursive Self-Improvement is the Human Skill We Need in the AI Age

While there have been many sober warnings about AI and recursive self-improvement, Arianna Huffington argues that it is a ...
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Needle-like python teeth can be painful experience for hunters

Back in January, Burmese python hunter Carl Jackson caught one of the heaviest pythons on record in Florida. His catch, a 16-foot, 10-inch female python hiding in the Big Cypress National Preserve, ...
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Why a Python Hid 20 Eggs Beneath a Florida Sidewalk

Some movement beneath a concrete sidewalk in South Florida turned out to be a mother Burmese python and her 20 eggs, according to a Miami Herald news report. We explain how this remarkable discovery ...