In an interview with BBC Newsnight’s Paddy O’Connell, Slavoj Žižek discusses his new book, Signs from the Future, examining Donald Trump’s political legacy, the decline of the liberal international order and the
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking artificial intelligence model that significantly improves the ability to predict when and where wildfires will ignite, Financial Times reports. The new Probability of Fire (PoF) model, developed
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San Francisco-based artificial intelligence leader OpenAI has secured a staggering $300 billion valuation following a $40 billion investment round led by SoftBank, making it one of the world’s best-funded private start-ups. The
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Intel’s newly appointed chief executive, Lip-Bu Tan, has vowed to implement a sweeping cultural shift at the semiconductor giant, likening the transformation to a “day-one start-up” mentality. Speaking at a company conference
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Reaching net zero by 2050 is one of humanity’s most ambitious and urgent challenges. The concept is simple: every tonne of carbon dioxide emitted must be offset by an equal amount removed.
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A groundbreaking brain–computer interface (BCI) has allowed a woman with paralysis to hear her intended speech almost instantly, marking a major leap forward in neurotechnology. As reported in The Nature, the latest
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In the world of birds, mating is more than just reproduction—it is a spectacular display of beauty, endurance, and evolutionary strategy. As detailed in The Nature, science writer Matt Ridley’s book Birds,
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Microsoft has closed its IoT & AI Insider Lab in Shanghai’s Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Zone, marking another step in the tech giant’s gradual retreat from China as geopolitical tensions between the US and
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In a major financial scandal that has sent shockwaves through the UK’s higher education sector, students at six universities have fraudulently secured more than £7 million in student loans over the past
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk has announced that his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, has acquired the social media platform X in an all-stock transaction. The acquisition was confirmed in a post on X,
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A groundbreaking study by AI firm Anthropic has provided a rare glimpse into the inner workings of large language models (LLMs), shedding light on how they generate responses and revealing surprising behaviors.
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A recent study examining Syrian refugee families suggests that the trauma of war may leave genetic imprints that persist across generations. As Nature reports, this research contributes to the ongoing debate about
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A controversial new frontier in biotechnology is stirring ethical debates worldwide: the concept of “bodyoids” — living, non-conscious human-like structures that could provide spare organs for transplantation. Originally reported by MIT Technology
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The term ‘open source’ has long been associated with transparency, collaboration, and free access to software. However, as Nature recently highlighted, many AI companies are misusing this label, undermining the very principles
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly becoming a tool in scientific peer review, but its increasing involvement has sparked a mix of curiosity, concern, and debate among researchers and publishers alike. In a
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Leading European airlines are calling on the European Union to scale back its environmental regulations, marking a shift in the industry’s approach to climate policy. At a meeting of the trade body
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