The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
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For nearly a decade, Finland has topped global happiness rankings, yet its people remain puzzled by the label. While international observers search for a secret formula, Finns themselves tend to shrug off
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A bold claim by biotech company Colossal Biosciences has reignited one of conservation science’s most tangled debates: what exactly is a species, and can it truly be brought back once it has
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Fusion power has long been portrayed as the ultimate clean energy solution: a nearly limitless, zero-emissions source of electricity capable of transforming global energy systems. But new research highlighted by MIT Technology
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Scientists are increasingly rethinking the role of sex chromosomes in human health, with new research published in Nature highlighting how the X chromosome in particular may strongly influence disease susceptibility, drug responses,
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Scientists have uncovered what they describe as a “secret subway system” inside the brain, revealing that star-shaped support cells called astrocytes form extensive long-distance networks previously unknown to neuroscience. The discovery, published
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Instagram has begun testing a new standalone application called “Instants,” designed for sharing disappearing photos with friends, marking a fresh attempt by the company to revive more spontaneous and personal forms of
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OpenAI has released GPT-5.5, its latest artificial intelligence model, positioning it as the company’s “smartest and most intuitive to use model” to date. The launch was announced on Thursday and immediately framed
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Elon Musk has once again placed himself at the center of global technological ambition, this time by accelerating the timeline for Tesla’s humanoid robot program and dramatically expanding the company’s investment in
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A growing push to regulate artificial intelligence in military applications is running into a fundamental problem: no one can agree on who exactly represents the “AI industry.” A new analysis by the
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