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 a wide-ranging interview first published in the South China Morning Post, Jeffrey Ding, an assistant professor of political science at George Washington University and author of the award-winning book Technology and
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A Catholic chaplain at the University of Oxford has been asked to step down after an internal safeguarding investigation upheld a complaint of professional misconduct made by a student. Father Damian Howard,
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The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy…Barack Obama The International Day of Clean Energy, observed on 26 January pursuant to General Assembly
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Why Creativity Matters In today’s educational system, grades alone no longer determine a student’s success. Critical thinking, problem-solving, and the ability to innovate have become equally important, and at the heart of
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A legal battle between Elon Musk and the leaders of OpenAI has erupted into one of the most consequential corporate disputes in the history of artificial intelligence, with potentially seismic implications for
More A new academic study has found that artificial intelligence systems can reproduce subjective and biased views about places, after ChatGPT judged Cambridge to be harder-working and happier than its historic rival Oxford.
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For two decades, the first instinct of anyone experiencing new medical symptoms was to “Google it,” a practice so widespread it earned the nickname “Dr. Google.” But that era is rapidly fading
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Public health authorities in Guinea-Bissau announced the suspension of a controversial US-funded hepatitis B vaccine study, intensifying a broader debate over control and oversight of clinical research conducted in Africa. During a
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Nearly two years after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicted that AI would replace knowledge work, the transformation has been surprisingly slow. Foundation models have made enormous strides in reasoning, planning, and research,
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Defense technology firm Anduril revealed plans Thursday to expand its Southern California footprint with a major new campus in Long Beach, the coastal city where founder Palmer Luckey grew up. The company
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