Student suicides in Japan reached a record 538 deaths in 2025, with school-related problems accounting for nearly half of identified motives, as doctors and survivors warn that the return to school after
Artificial intelligence research is entering a bold new era as scientists push to combine neural networks with symbolic reasoning, the so-called “good old-fashioned AI” that relies on formal rules and logical relationships.
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A year ago, David Cameron and his wife Samantha were listening to an interview on Times UK that would change the former prime minister’s life. Nick Jones, founder of the Soho House
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People with higher muscle mass appear to experience slower brain ageing, according to new research presented at the Radiological Society of North America annual meeting, highlighting potential risks associated with weight-loss drugs
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Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence model capable of identifying previously unknown human genetic mutations likely to cause disease, offering new hope for patients with rare and undiagnosed conditions. The research, reported
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Meta has reportedly shut down internal studies into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding evidence that the platforms negatively affected users, according to unredacted court filings obtained by
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Paradromics, a Texas-based neurotechnology developer, has received FDA approval to begin the first long-term clinical trial of its brain–computer interface (BCI), targeting individuals who have lost the ability to speak due to
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Before a car crash in 2008 left Nancy Smith paralysed from the neck down, she found joy in playing the piano. Years later, she returned to music thanks to a brain–computer interface
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Jenny Button first imagined Emm during the COVID-19 lockdown while using an Oura ring and a Whoop monitoring band. She was gaining insights about her body but realized there was a glaring
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A fiber-rich diet may help the immune system mount a stronger attack against cancer by reshaping the gut microbiome and boosting the performance of key tumor-fighting cells, according to new research highlighted
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Hong Kong, the capitalist powerhouse often described as the “Mecca of Chinese capitalism,” is moving aggressively to reinvent itself as China’s premier scientific capital. Its skyline of luxury malls, financial towers, and
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A sweeping analysis of more than 600 ancient and modern dog and wolf skulls suggests that the extraordinary variety seen in today’s dog breeds began thousands of years earlier than the Victorian
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A dissolvable microrobot no larger than a grain of sand has been shown to swim through blood vessels in pigs and sheep, delivering drugs with pinpoint accuracy and offering a potential alternative
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A genetically modified pig kidney has survived more than two months inside a human recipient, marking a milestone that scientists say could reshape the future of organ transplantation. In findings published in
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Yoshua Bengio, one of the most influential figures in artificial intelligence, has become the first person to have their academic work cited more than one million times on Google Scholar, marking a
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A remote mountainside in southern Peru known as Monte Sierpe contains roughly 5,200 enigmatic holes, long puzzling archaeologists, but new research reported by Live Science offers clues to their purpose. The holes,
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