Scientists have mapped the human brain’s insular cortex, or insula, in unprecedented detail, identifying distinct regions associated with pain, internal bodily sensations and higher-order cognitive processes. The findings, published in Nature, suggest
Two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, one of the internet’s most widely used programming languages, are threatening web applications worldwide, Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has warned, raising concerns about potential attacks on websites, servers and sensitive data. “Critical
OpenCode, an open-source artificial intelligence coding agent, said attackers had breached an older system, affecting 1.4% of users of its online platform, OpenCode Console,
Microsoft has introduced new security features designed to monitor and control artificial intelligence agents inside enterprises, reflecting growing concern that the systems companies deploy
An alleged gang rape at Cornell University in New York has renewed scrutiny of male student fraternities in the United States, after messages reportedly exchanged in a fraternity group chat suggested that
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OpenAI has released 722 mathematical papers covering proofs and disproofs of a wide range of problems, a scale that has astonished mathematicians while also prompting caution over how the results can be
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Microsoft has unveiled a new range of Windows PCs powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip, introducing hardware designed to run artificial intelligence models locally alongside a revamped version of Windows 11 built
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ChatGPT for Teens has been labelled an “unacceptable risk” by Common Sense Media, which found that the service continued to encourage engagement even when teenagers were experiencing mental health crises. The assessment
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At a pig farm in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, a four-wheeled robot equipped with cameras and sensors patrols the aisles between rows of pig stalls, collecting real-time information on animal behaviour, water intake,
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The suppression of Indigenous fire management after British colonisation probably transformed large areas of southeastern Australia into dense forests containing more combustible vegetation, contributing to the larger and more intense bushfires experienced
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A common human gut bacterium can produce a molecule that lowers cholesterol and reduces the build-up of arterial plaque, according to a study published in Nature. Experiments in mice found that Bacteroides
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Henri Kagan of the University of Paris-Sud in Orsay, France, and Kenso Soai of Tokyo University have won this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for solving a century-old question about how chemical
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Nearly 900 secondary schools across France were fully or partly closed this week as student protests over staff shortages and poor school conditions escalated into violence, leaving at least 215 pupils, almost
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China is no longer treating robotics as merely an extension of artificial intelligence. Its universities, manufacturers, investors and startups are building an integrated ecosystem in which physics, mechanics, materials, AI and manufacturing
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American scientist Karl Deisseroth and German researchers Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel have won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries that transformed scientists’ ability to study the brain
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SoftBank Group chief Masayoshi Son, one of the technology industry’s strongest advocates for artificial intelligence, has warned that increasingly powerful AI systems could become “super dangerous” if placed in the wrong hands,
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Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who helped prevent a flydubai passenger aircraft from crashing after his copilot attacked him in the cockpit, has described how he fought through severe injuries to
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David Robinson, a long-serving safety employee at OpenAI, has left the company and publicly criticised its approach to artificial intelligence safety. In an article published by The Atlantic, Robinson argued that OpenAI
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The alleged group rape of a Cornell University student has become one of the most serious scandals in the 161-year history of the elite New York institution, while also exposing a legal
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