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
In an era where digital solutions dominate, young people are increasingly turning to DeepSeek not just for work-related tasks, but also as an “emotional expert” to help navigate relationship issues. The rise
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A large fragment of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket made an unexpected and uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere, crash-landing onto a man’s lawn in Poland, the country’s space agency confirmed on Wednesday.
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Mira Murati, the former Chief Technology Officer at OpenAI, has officially launched a new artificial intelligence start-up aimed at democratizing the understanding and capabilities of AI technology. The company, named Thinking Machines
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Microsoft has announced a major breakthrough in its 20-year pursuit of an elusive particle, claiming to have harnessed a new state of matter to create the building blocks of a practical quantum
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Google has unveiled a new artificial intelligence laboratory assistant designed to accelerate biomedical research. The AI “co-scientist” tool helps researchers identify knowledge gaps and generate scientific hypotheses, potentially speeding up the pace
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In a calculated move to restore investor confidence and reassure the private sector, Chinese President Xi Jinping recently held a high-profile meeting with leading entrepreneurs. The event signaled a shift in Beijing’s
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The lawless science of our law, That codeless myriad of precedent, That wilderness of single instances, Thro’ which a few, by wit or fortune led, May beat a pathway out to wealth
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Migraine, once thought to be merely an excruciating headache, is now emerging as a far more complex condition, with new research offering hope for the estimated one billion people worldwide who suffer
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This essay is based on a documentary by the Academy of Ideas participants; you can watch the full documentary on YouTube. Transhumanism, once confined to the fringes of philosophy and science fiction,
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A groundbreaking case of cancer remission following CAR-T cell therapy has given new hope for the treatment of solid tumors. A woman, who was just four years old when she underwent an
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