The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
In a groundbreaking development, scientists have used artificial intelligence (AI) to design the first-ever viruses capable of infecting and killing strains of Escherichia coli (E. coli). The achievement, reported by Nature, marks
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Gawdham Melath, an Indian undergraduate at Anglia Ruskin University, arrived in the UK brimming with hope for a world-class education. But the reality hit hard: steep tuition fees, soaring living costs, and
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This week, leading researchers are meeting in Manchester to discuss whether to impose limits on experiments that could one day produce “mirror life”: synthetic cells made entirely from molecules that are mirror
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An analysis of tens of thousands of research-paper submissions has revealed a sharp rise in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in scientific writing, raising questions about disclosure and accuracy in peer-reviewed
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“Is this how Rome treats its heroes?” These words echo across the Colosseum in Gladiator II. They are spoken by Acacius, a soldier who had given everything to Rome, only to be condemned
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A new frontier in genetic engineering has galloped into the world of horse breeding. For the first time, researchers have used CRISPR–Cas9 gene-editing technology to modify the genome of horses, creating animals
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A team led by Prof. Mao Jirong from the Yunnan Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, alongside international collaborators, has provided compelling evidence of standing shocks in low-angular-momentum black hole accretion
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Researchers have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool capable of identifying more than 1,000 potentially questionable open-access journals, highlighting a growing concern over the integrity of scholarly publishing. The study, published in
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Global political history is punctuated by state entities that, after vanishing from the international stage, have reemerged in new forms—sometimes radically transformed, sometimes strikingly faithful to their origins. These revived states—polities that
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In January this year, South Korean researcher Byeongjun Park opened an e-mail that would draw him into one of the most heated debates in modern science. Two computer scientists in India told
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