The mountain section whose collapse triggered deadly floods in Nepal and China on August 26 experienced exceptionally high temperatures in the days before the disaster, according to meteorological data reconstructed and analysed
Scientists at the University of Cambridge have uncovered a hidden chapter in human evolution, revealing that modern humans descend from the interbreeding of two now-extinct species around 300,000 years ago. This discovery
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The concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere has reached its highest level in 800,000 years, according to a United Nations (UN) report that highlights alarming climate trends. The research suggests 2024
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Nvidia has announced a major partnership with General Motors and introduced its latest AI superchip, Vera Rubin, as the company seeks to maintain its dominance in the rapidly evolving artificial intelligence industry.
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Harvard University has announced a groundbreaking policy to eliminate tuition fees for students from households earning below $200,000. The move, which will take effect in September, promises that 86% of American families
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A recent study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family has uncovered interesting insights into divorce rates among couples aged 50 to 64, revealing that a wife’s poor health significantly increases
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Liam Fedus, the vice president of research for post-training at OpenAI, has announced his departure from the company to launch a new startup focused on using artificial intelligence to accelerate scientific discovery
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Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is in negotiations to acquire cybersecurity start-up Wiz for approximately $30 billion, which would mark the largest acquisition in the company’s history, according to sources familiar with the
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Microsoft has partnered with Swiss start-up inait to develop an innovative artificial intelligence model that simulates mammal brain reasoning. The collaboration aims to enhance AI’s capabilities by allowing it to learn from
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by Eric Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s Rich Flu (2024), an audacious meditation on wealth’s terminal decay, emerges as a glistening, if occasionally hollow, critique of contemporary society’s slavish devotion to affluence. There is a
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by Our Correspondent in Singapore Dozens of Sri Lankan passengers, along with others aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH705, narrowly avoided a potentially catastrophic engine fire shortly after takeoff from Manila’s Ninoy Aquino
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