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
India is working on a plan to strengthen its defenses in space by developing satellites capable of protecting its orbiting spacecraft from potential threats, according to a Bloomberg report citing people familiar
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This month marks the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, widely recognized as the birth of the modern railway. Opened on 27 September 1825 in northeast England, the railway set
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Commercial space companies are advancing rapidly in monitoring Earth’s environment, but scientists caution that private missions cannot replace government-operated satellites. A recent commentary in Nature argues that both public and commercial efforts
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Microsoft Corp. has curtailed Chinese companies’ access to early notifications about cybersecurity vulnerabilities in its software, amid concerns that leaks may have contributed to recent hacking campaigns targeting its SharePoint and Exchange
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A Chinese technology company is racing to create what could become the world’s first humanoid robot capable of full-term pregnancy. Kaiwa Technology, based in Guangzhou, announced plans to integrate an artificial womb
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For more than 25 years, the internet’s front door has been unmistakably simple: a blank white page, a search bar, and the iconic Google logo. That minimalist design has been the launchpad
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A year after Agility Robotics’ humanoid robot Digit began working in a warehouse, lifting boxes of Spanx, the conversation around humanoid robots has shifted from novelty to necessity—particularly the need for clear
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The European Space Agency (ESA), in collaboration with Airbus, is set to launch Biomass, the world’s largest space-based radar satellite, later this month from French Guiana. As reported by MIT Technology Review,
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Colossal Biosciences, the Texas-based biotech startup known for its ambitious plans to bring back extinct species, is making headlines again—this time for claiming to have resurrected the dire wolf, a prehistoric predator
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The European physics laboratory CERN is planning to build the most powerful particle accelerator the world has ever seen—a megacollider that would dwarf its current flagship facility, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
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