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This blog is now closed, you can read our story hereHere's a view of the sun from Dakar, Senegal:How visible today's partial eclipse will be depends, unsurprisingly, on how clear the sky is where you are. Continue reading...
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Procedure for patients with thinking and memory problems could help medics decide which drugs are most suitableResearchers have developed a blood test for patients with thinking and memory problems to check if they have Alzheimer's and to see how far it has progressed.The team behind the work say the test could help medics decide which drugs would...
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'I am a crime writer, I understand theft,' said Val McDermid – joining Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro and Kate Mosse in their appeal to Lisa Nandy to act on their behalfA group of prominent authors including Richard Osman, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kate Mosse and Val McDermid have signed an open letter calling on the UK government to hold Meta accountable...
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Robo-taxi services and driverless trucks are gaining ground but progress is painstaking.
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Noland Arbaugh has a chip in his brain to translate his thoughts into computer commands.
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The move could be aimed at protecting investors, who helped him buy purchase X, from losing money.
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Research highlights link between low LDL cholesterol and reduced dementia risk, with statins offering additional protectionLowering your levels of bad cholesterol could reduce the risk of dementia by 26%, a study suggests.People with low levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in their blood have a lower overall risk of dementia, and...
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The research found a correlation between looking at a screen in bed and reporting insomnia and sleep loss.
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Start-up social media firms are looking to capitalise on dissatisfaction with the social media giants.
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As demonstrations against Elon Musk and his political ties spread, Tesla owners find themselves caught in a growing debate – turning a once-iconic brand into a symbol of divisionOver the weekend, protesters gathered at Tesla showrooms in hundreds of cities across the world to demonstrate against Elon Musk laying waste the US government in...
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Japanese investor to put $10bn at first into OpenAI and $30bn more by end of 2025 if certain conditions are metBusiness live – latest updatesOpenAI has raised $40bn (£31bn) through fundraising led by the Japanese group SoftBank, in a deal that values the ChatGPT developer at $300bn.OpenAI said the funding round would allow the company to "push...
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Experts say previous economic models underestimated impact of global heating – as well as likely 'cascading supply chain disruptions'Economic models have systematically underestimated how global heating will affect people's wealth, according to a new study that finds 4C warming will make the average person 40% poorer – an almost four-fold...
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Termination of at least 145 grants will decimate progress toward eliminating epidemic, scientists sayThe federal government has cancelled dozens of grants to study how to prevent new HIV infections and expand access to care, decimating progress toward eliminating the epidemic in the United States, scientists say.The National Institutes of Health...
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The site is littered with awful photos, particularly of celebrities - but a volunteer project is trying to fix that.
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Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams' story markedly at odds with abandonment narrative painted by Trump and MuskIn the end, whatever Elon Musk and Donald Trump liked to insist, astronauts Barry "Butch” Wilmore and Sunita Williams were never stuck, nor stranded in space, and definitely not abandoned or marooned.The world heard on Monday, for the...
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Members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine warned Americans of 'real danger in this moment'More than 1,900 members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine signed an open letter warning Americans about the "danger” of the Trump administration's attacks on science.The letter comes amid the...
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In his first news conference since returning home, Nasa astronaut Butch Wilmore said he holds himself partly responsible for what went wrong on the space sprint-turned-marathon and – along with Suni Williams – said he would strap into Boeing's Starliner again. SpaceX recently ferried the duo home after more than nine months at the International...
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Supercharge your search and beat the screening, sharpen your speaking skills and boost your negotiating positionThe fear that artificial intelligence (AI) will replace millions of jobs is widespread. But equally, in today's tough job market, not using AI wisely as part of your search could mean you miss out. It's a tricky balancing act to harness...
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While other diet fads come and go, the ultra low carbohydrate Keto diet seems to endure. But as scientists begin to understand how the diet works, more is also being discovered about its risks. To find out more, Madeleine Finlay speaks to Javier Gonzalez, professor in the department of health at the University of Bath, with a special interest in...
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The answer to today's puzzleEarlier today I set you the following problem featuring Albert, Bernard and Cheryl, the protagonists in a viral puzzle from a decade ago. Here it is again with the solution.Cheryl's house number problem Continue reading...
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US academics, fearing persecution by their own government, are becoming ideological refugees. Europe, and Britain, must offer them sanctuaryAt international academic conferences recently, one sees an interesting trend. Some American participants are travelling with "burner” phones or have minimalist laptops running browsers and not much else. In...
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The moon partly obscured the sun during an phenomenon that could be seen across the northern hemisphere Continue reading...
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Campaign calls for investigation into the use of Oxevison amid concerns over care and its effect on patientsIn July 2022, Morgan-Rose Hart, an aspiring vet with a passion for wildlife, died after she was found unresponsive at a mental health unit in Essex. She had just turned 18. Diagnosed with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder...
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'Follow your instincts' has become a modern mantra. But what if they lead you astray? 'What should I do?” Whether openly stated or implicit, this is the question a new client usually raises in their first therapy session. People come to see me for many reasons: relationship problems, addiction and mental health difficulties, such as anxiety....
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A partial solar eclipse has been visible to varying degrees across the northern hemisphere, depending on the location. Eclipses occur when the sun, moon and Earth align. At its peak, the moon covered approximately 90% of the sun's disc. In the UK, between 30% and 40% of the sun was obscured Continue reading...
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Uncrewed Spectrum test rocket's failure seconds after blast-off said to have produced extensive data nonethelessA test rocket intended to kickstart satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from Norway on Sunday, in what the German startup Isar Aerospace had described as an initial test.The...
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A haul of items seized by police reveals the scale and threat of payment fraud – a crime that can have significant emotional impact on victimsOn a shelf between Alexander McQueen shoes, Louis Vuitton handbags and Versace heels in the police evidence room are an 18-inch machete and a serrated zombie knife. Alongside the expensive fashions bought...
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Research shows that while women experience feelings of revulsion from a young age, men catch them up in later years. Maybe I should stop scraping the mould off the jam …What disgusts you? I hope it's not inexpertly summarised research, because I have been intrigued by the recently reported finding that men get more disgusted as they age....
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How the US government's crackdown on diversity deleted women's military contributions.
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Find out how holoportation 3D telemedicine technology is helping patients in Ghana.
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With Amazon in charge of James Bond, could they use AI for scripts and casting?
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Shenzhen-based Tencent, which owns the popular messaging app WeChat, will hold about a quarter of a new subsidiary.
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Some fear the move could mean less work for models, photographers and make-up artists.
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Trump also said he is willing to extend a 5 April deadline for a non-Chinese buyer of the platform to be found.
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The president says he would like TikTok to 'remain alive' as his extended deadline for its sale-or-ban approaches.
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Albert, Bernard and Cheryl returnTen years ago I published a maths olympiad question from Singapore on the Guardian website, and it changed my life.'Cheryl's birthday problem' went viral. Its unexpected success led to the birth of this column in May 2015. And here we are, almost 250 puzzles later.May 15, May 16, May 19June 17, June 18July 14, July...
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By grazing between trees and removing potential wildfire fuel, wild horses help protect Galicia's delicate ecosystems, but Europe's largest herd has declined to just 10,000 Continue reading...
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The pinnacle of this celestial display will be the waxing crescent moon cruising past the Pleiades star clusterWe start April with a glorious tableau of planet, moon and stars. The chart shows the view looking west-south-west from London at 2030 BST on 1 April. The last of the twilight will still be visible in the west, but in the rest of the sky...
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Ways are being developed for subsea cables to "sense" whether they are being disturbed or attacked.
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The price of China-made smartphones, TVs and laptops could rise in the US and elsewhere, experts warn.
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Ambitious project could soak up funding for subatomic physics for decades, say opponentsScientists are refining plans to build the world's biggest machine at a site beneath the Swiss-French border. More than $30bn (£23bn) would be spent drilling a 91km circular tunnel in which subatomic particles would be accelerated to near light speeds and...
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From Australia to Europe and the US, demonstrators rallied against carmaker's dismantling of US federal governmentThousands of people worldwide on Saturday protested Elon Musk and his efforts with Donald Trump to dismantle the US federal government, with rallies held in front of nearly every Tesla showroom in the US and many around the world – a...
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An uncrewed test rocket intended to kickstart satellite launches from Europe fell to the ground and exploded less than a minute after takeoff from the Andøya spaceport in Norway. The German startup Isar Aerospace, which had warned the launch could end prematurely, said the test produced extensive data that its team could learn fromFirst orbital...
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As fashion brands create AI 'twins' with models' permission, some believe this is just another form of exploitationThe impact of AI has been felt across industries from Hollywood to publishing – and now it's come for modelling. H&M announced last week that it would create AI "twins” of 30 models with the intention of using them in social...
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The often-explicit pictures are being stored without password protection, leaving them vulnerable to a hack.
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Cyclone Alfred drives wild seas, a seagull eclipses the moon, and our Kylie performs on a trapeze: Guardian Australia looks at some of the month's best images Continue reading...
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers' questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhy don't car side doors – particularly the driver's side and the passenger seat – have wipers on the windows? Lenny Denby, LondonPost your answers (and new questions) below...
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For one writer, tragedy led to comedy, the sudden loss of a colleague giving her the nudge she neededThere's nothing funny about your co-worker being assassinated. But it was the death of my beloved colleague and friend Hisham al-Hashimi that led me into the world of standup comedy. I knew it would trash my hard-won career in international...
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Elliott Ingram was stunned at how a thief made off with his Ioniq 5 deploying a device to mimic the smart key – and says he should have been warnedThe motor manufacturer Hyundai faces legal action over allegations it failed to warn its customers that one of its most popular models of electric cars could be stolen "effortlessly in seconds”....
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Guardian readers share the ways and reasons they are preparing their children and students for a future that may necessitate familiarity with generative artificial intelligenceSince the release of ChatGPT in late 2022, generative artificial intelligence has trickled down from adults in their offices to university students in campus libraries to...
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PC, PS5, Xbox; Rebellion DevelopmentsInspired by the 1957 Windscale fire, Rebellion's open-world adventure features an interesting mystery, but suffers from middling combat, poor stealth and an underutilised setting'What if the Chornobyl disaster happened in the UK?” is the question Atomfall asks. The answer, according to developer Rebellion, is...
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Multiple users said they had problems after the DNA-testing firm filed for bankruptcy protection.
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The epidemiologist who advised on Ebola and Covid discusses the value of evidence in light of AI and social media, and how the notion of fact has long been divisiveAdam Kucharski is a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. As a mathematician and epidemiologist, he has advised multiple governments on outbreaks such as...
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The common cooking ingredient has sparked fierce debate since the US health secretary urged people to avoid itIt's curious that something so bland could cause so much controversy. Most of us have a bottle of seed oil, normally called vegetable oil in the UK, in our kitchens – a nearly tasteless but very useful fat that has been a commonplace...
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We asked the experts about keeping luggage as light as possible (and still being ready for anything)• The best travel-size toiletries for your next tripPacking is a fine art. No one wants to lug heavy bags around transport hubs or arrive at the other end to a chaotically stuffed bag full of creased clothes. But we all have our "essentials” to...
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A book about psychiatrist William Sargant's unethical treatments at a London hospital in the 1960s is all the more powerful for its vivid patient testimoniesA child of 14 is forced to walk on to a stage and strip to her underwear. Tiny and mute beneath the stacked rows of medical students, she is paraded for their benefit by a consultant...
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Protesters gathered outside Tesla showrooms around the world on Saturday as part of a global day of action against billionaire chief executive Elon Musk. The protest is part of the Tesla Takedown movement — a grassroots campaign that calls for people to boycott Tesla, sell their shares and join local picket lines in a peaceful demonstration...
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Airbus also built the Rosalind Franklin rover, due to launch in 2028 to search for signs of past lifeEurope's first rover to be sent to another planet is back on track to reach Mars, with the lander that will deposit it on the surface lined up to be built in the UK.The Rosalind Franklin rover – named after the scientist who played a key role in...
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Dr Peter Marks was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the FDA's approval of life-saving vaccinesA senior health official in the US, who was seen as a guardrail against any future politicisation of the Food and Drug Administration's approval of life-saving vaccines, has resigned abruptly, citing the health secretary Robert F...
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Tiny aquatic animal can also withstand desiccation, radiation and extreme heat, and reproduces asexuallyMore amazing nominations for invertebrate of the yearAn animal that has thrived without males for millions of years will be a source of inspiration to many.It will not surprise you to learn that the all-female common rotifer (Philodina roseola)...
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While humans are more boisterous than ever, other species are talking too – this is what you will hear if you really listenIt's a spring day in northern Sweden, just 100km (62 miles) below the Arctic Circle. I tuck my sound gear into my backpack, clip into my cross-country skis and glide out on to a frozen lake, looking for a small ice-fishing...
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The author and podcast host on a favourite restaurant, adventures in scholastic research for his PhD and the second series of Squid GameBorn George Mpanga in north-west London in 1991, George the Poet is a spoken-word artist, author and podcast host. He studied politics, psychology and sociology at King's College, Cambridge and is now doing a PhD...
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The Rocket League Championship Series Birmingham Major brings together the 16 best teams in the world
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Venture capital-backed, $1bn companies are disrupting the way war will be waged with AI and futuristic weapons. Will they overthrow the traditional big military manufacturers, and what would that mean for the battlefield?Visit tech startup Skydio's headquarters on the San Francisco peninsula in California and you're likely to find flying robots...
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Can we clean up air travel? Adrienne Murray explores developments in electric flight.
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An IT consultant took charge of the Center Parcs UK's handle after the firm deactivated its account.
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Cambridge study finds algorithm is as effective as a pathologist in detecting disease – and much quickerAI could speed up the diagnosis of coeliac disease, according to research.Coeliac disease is an autoimmune condition affecting just under 700,000 people in the UK, but getting an accurate diagnosis can take years. Continue reading...
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Born of our craving for nuance, these ubiquitous little icons are now causing confusion themselvesEmojis are right now. Netflix's Adolescence hinges on them. The US national security adviser, Mike Waltz, celebrates bombing Yemen with them. Prince William has a fondness for the aubergine.Emoji use may seem childish or trite, but it's not a passing...
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AlphaFold, which uses AI to find a protein's structure, has only been around since 2020 but has already had a meteoric impactAlphaFold might be the most exciting scientific innovation of this century. From Google DeepMind, and first reported in 2020, it uses artificial intelligence to figure out a protein's 3D structure. The technology has already...
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Some voice regret over Musk's backing of Trump, but others say CEO's views do not detract from the car's appealTesla showrooms across the world are expected to face anti-Elon Musk protests on Saturday, as Musk's senior role in the Trump administration has contributed to a European consumer backlash by some Tesla owners and prospective buyers.It...
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Botulinum toxin injections are being used to treat the condition which affects more than one million Australian womenGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFor 15 years, Katrina Moore experienced debilitating pain that at times left her unable to walk but was dismissed by doctors as being a symptom of stress.The actual cause was...
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Exclusive: early stage trials of drug that uses antibiotics finds benefits for people whose pain is caused by infectionMillions of people worldwide with severe back pain may be able to get relief from a new drug that uses antibiotics rather than painkillers to tackle the condition.Doctors who have tested the drug said it could be "a gamechanger”...
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It drove me to distraction on the ZX Spectrum and now that a new version available on a PlayStation collection, I had to test myself against it once more – with inevitable consequencesI do not replay games. Don't see the point. I don't reread books either, and I rarely rewatch movies or TV shows. There's too much new, bigger and better stuff...
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California Forever is back with a proposal that has some on board: using the land it owns to create a shipbuilding hubIn 2023, a group called California Forever, funded by Silicon Valley billionaires, introduced a splashy proposal to build a new city on tens of thousands acres of farmland it had acquired north-east of San Francisco.Residents and...
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Stick vacuums are a convenient alternative to corded designs, but which model wins for overall cleaning prowess? Our expert reveals all• The best robot vacuums to keep your home clean and dust freeChoosing a cordless vacuum isn't a decision that should be taken lightly. You're likely to keep a vacuum cleaner for years, relying heavily on its...
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US president acknowledges Beijing's role in any sale as app's owner faces 5 April deadline to find non-Chinese buyer or be hit with US banDonald Trump has said he would be willing to reduce tariffs on China to get a deal done with TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the social media app used by 170 million Americans.He acknowledged...
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Tesla Takedown's Global Day of Action will be the largest in a series of demonstrations that began after Trump term 2.0Hundreds of protests at Tesla showrooms are planned across the US and internationally on Saturday. Organizers have dubbed it Tesla Takedown's Global Day of Action, the latest and largest in a series of demonstrations that began...
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Exhibition aims to help visitors get inside the minds that thought mercury and roasted apples would cure liceMedieval treatments might make you question the sanity of the doctors of the day, but a new exhibition is set to take visitors inside the minds of such medics and reveal the method behind what can seem like madness.Curious Cures, opening on...
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The decision to put documents on the assassination of John F Kennedy into the public domain comes alongside a 'digital book burning' of dataWhat does the public need to know? The Trump White House boasts of being the most transparent administration in history – though commentators have suggested that the inadvertent leak of military plans to a...
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The Shenzhen-based firm says revenue for last year came in at $107bn, boosted by sales of its hybrid vehicles.
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Millions paid to give away their most personal data. At least in return they found out more about their earwaxInformation is the most valuable resource on Earth. We shed data from everything that we do, and megalithic corporations hoover it up. With that, they know us better than we know ourselves, and the information we readily give up is used to...
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Naicker Scientific wins £150,000 for device that produces drinking water from icy lunar soil A £150,000 prize for a device that can produce clean water from icy lunar soil has been won by a pair of inventors whose solution involves a microwave oven, a motorised device for feeding woodchips into a barbecue and sound waves.The £1.2m Aqualunar...
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The site - which is known for hosting explicit material - gave inaccurate information about age verification.
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A new video game has brought the 1957 disaster in Cumbria back into the spotlight.
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Now I understand the terminology, it all seems so clearMore summer essentialsI never identified as shy as a child because my younger brother was the type of kid who wouldn't speak in the company of strangers, and I – apparently – never stopped talking. Shyness was comparative, and, in my family of origin, there was always someone shyer than...
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The Oscar winner answers your questions about playing everyone from Peter Sellers to the Marquis de Sade, his home town of Toowoomba and new care-home horror The Rule of Jenny PenThe Rule of Jenny Pen looks terrifying! Does the prospect of sudden ageing frighten you? BenderRodriguez It's not sudden. I was in [King] Lear when I was 64 and said: "I...
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Gene Likens, who first identified acidic rainwater in 1960s, said the Trump administration's 'rollbacks are alarming'The US could be plunged back into an era of toxic acid rain, an environmental problem thought to have been solved decades ago, due to the Donald Trump administration's rollback of pollution protections, the scientist who discovered...
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There's no need to buy a new phone every year: make yours last with these accessories, and tips on maximising the battery and storageModern smartphones have reached a plateau. Each new release makes only small gains, rendering frequent upgrades to new models a waste of time and money.The good news is that smartphones now last a long time: look...
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The developers of Thank Goodness You're Here!, Frog Detective and Consume Me discuss burnout, 'second-album syndrome', erotic fan art, and the other highs and lows of having a breakout successIt is now more or less impossible to put a precise figure on the number of video games released each year. According to data published by the digital store...
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Security failings by the Advanced Computer Software Group led to a cyberattack in 2022 that impacted NHS services.
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The youth parliament says it wants more action from MPs and social media companies on violent online content.
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Changes to the thermosphere caused by climate crisis could lead to increase in collisionsChicken Licken warned that the sky was falling down, and now the climate crisis might be making that come true. Carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are cooling and contracting the upper atmosphere, even though these same gases warm the lower atmosphere.A...
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Head of tech giant's consumer electronics and mobile devices division passed away at a hospital on TuesdaySouth Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday that its co-chief executive officer Han Jong-hee has died due to cardiac arrest. Han was 63.Han was in charge of Samsung's consumer electronics and mobile devices division, while...
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The genetic testing firm 23andMe has filed for bankruptcy, another twist in the story of a company that promised a pioneering approach to precision health. Now users are scrambling to delete their personal data, with the future ownership of the firm uncertain. To understand the highs and lows of 23andMe's journey, Madeleine Finlay hears from the...
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Public accounts committee also flags 'persistent digital skills shortages' and uncompetitive civil service pay ratesThe government's ambition to boost efficiency by embedding AI in all aspects of its work risks being undermined by out-of-date technology, poor quality data and a lack of skilled staff, an influential Commons committee has warned.The...
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The company said that it will now attempt to sell itself under the supervision of a court.
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Organ appears to function for 10 days, raising prospect of short-term use for those on transplant listA genetically modified pig liver that was transplanted into a brain-dead patient appeared to function successfully inside their body for 10 days, according to the scientists who performed the groundbreaking procedure.The surgery, at a Chinese...
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Contrary to claims by the US president, we have found that diversity initiatives result in better scientists and greater progressChristina Pagel is a member of Independent SageDonald Trump's attacks on diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) initiatives since his January inauguration have been intense, indiscriminate and escalating. A tragic plane...
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Research suggests those who push themselves when working out perceive time to move more slowlyIf your sessions at the gym seem to drag on for hours, you are in good company. People who push themselves when working out report a form of time warp, making it feel as if they have been exercising for longer than they have, researchers say.Adults who...
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Hundreds of people contacted the BBC after Dave Baszucki spoke about safety on the hugely popular gaming platform.
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Expert says glimpse of UV light is akin to finding 'first buried arrowhead on an ancient battlefield'Astronomers have detected signals from a momentous event in the early universe in which a dense fog that cloaked the first stars began to lift, marking the end of the cosmic dark ages.Until now, the exact timing and nature of this critical...
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Tech CEO accused of aiming to privatize space and satellite operations as federal agencies reportedly seek contractsElon Musk appears to be laying the groundwork to privatize some space and satellite operations now under the authority of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa), or steer lucrative contracts toward his SpaceX and...
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With reports of people being turned away at airports over messages found on devices, here's what to do to minimize risksWelcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered what to do with your 23andMe account after the company filed...
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Fintech firm, operating CashApp, Square and Tidal, to close nearly 800 open jobs in second such move in just over a yearBlock, Jack Dorsey's financial technology company, plans to let go almost 1,000 current employees, while making other changes to its operations in its second such move in just over a year.Dorsey, who co-founded and previously ran...
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Addition of ultramarine blue creates warmer hues and more skin-like finish, reducing the 'grey cast' Researchers believe they have found a solution to makeup for darker skin tones often appearing ashy or grey once applied.In recent years the market for beauty products designed for people with darker skin tones has boomed, with some brands now...
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Expeditions may be more challenging than previously thought due to presence of toxic particlesFrom a distance Mars looks beautiful, but sending astronauts to explore the planet might be more challenging than first thought, due to the presence of toxic dust. A new study identifies some of the health hazards and discusses the kind of personal...
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Less than 2% of human genomes analysed so far have been those of Africans. Yemaachi Biotech's Africa Cancer Atlas aims to fill the research gapWhen Yaw Bediako lost his father to liver cancer, it set the Ghanaian immunologist on a journey to know more about the disease. He quickly realised the burden of cancer in Africa was much greater than he had...
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Exclusive: Fellows argue Musk has violated code of conduct but council believes investigation 'could do more harm than good'The Royal Society has decided not to take disciplinary action against Elon Musk over his conduct, saying that to do so could cause damage to the academy and science itself.Musk, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO who also owns the...
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The genetic testing firm filed for bankruptcy after a major data breach. Here's how to protect your DNA privacyWelcome to Opt Out, a semi-regular column in which we help you navigate your online privacy and show you how to say no to surveillance. The last column covered how to stop tech companies spying on your phone as Trump promises mass...
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Resentment is natural when you've been wronged, but over time it can become bitter and self-defeating. Psychologists explain how to move onAt some point in the late 70s, during a Brownies meeting, something happened to Deborah that she has never been able to forget. Well, she can't actually remember exactly what the incident was, but she knows the...
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Experiment onboard upcoming SpaceX mission will examine how nutrient-rich oyster mushrooms grow in microgravityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn Australian company will attempt to be the first to grow a crop of mushrooms in space, aboard SpaceX's Fram2 mission set to...
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Experts say using even such a privacy-focussed platform for national security matters is very unusual.
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Prominent campaigner says Elon Musk's platform qualifies for the levy, which is on the block in negotiationsElon Musk's X stands to benefit financially if the government pulls an £800m tax on US tech firms as part of an economic deal with Donald Trump, as a prominent tax campaigner indicated the social media platform qualifies for the levy.Dan...
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A union says it should instead pay drivers more so they can take time off with their families.
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Swirl visible for several minutes is thought to have been caused by frozen exhaust plume from Falcon 9The truth is out there … it is just not quite as exciting as was hoped.A large, glowing spiral that lit up the skies over the UK on Monday night and prompted speculation of an alien encounter is believed to have been caused by a SpaceX rocket....
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Neurosafe procedure allows doctors to remove prostate while preserving as much nerve tissue around it as possibleA more precise form of prostate cancer surgery nearly doubles the chances of men retaining erectile function afterwards compared with standard surgery, according to the first comprehensive trial of the procedure.Doctors in five UK...
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Academics from US hoping to escape funding freezes and ideological impositions are being actively recruitedLaced with terms such as "censorship” and "political interference”, the Belgium-based jobs advert was far from typical. The promise of academic freedom, however, hinted at who it was aimed at: researchers in the US looking to flee the...
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Plus: Nvidia bets on AI-powered robots, Musk juggles Tesla and politics, and AI fiction takes over InstagramHello, and welcome to TechScape. In this week's edition: 23andMe files for bankruptcy, Nvidia forecasts a fusion of AI and robotics, and AI enables the creation of fiction at the pace of social media.Genetic testing firm 23andMe filed for...
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Critics say the AI tool - which made people look overweight - was a form of body-shaming.
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UK Health Security Agency's tool highlights viruses and bacteria, many not yet seen in the country, that could pose biosecurity riskDeadly disease-causing organisms from pathogen families that include bird flu, plague and Ebola pose a threat to health in the UK and should be prioritised for research, government experts have said.The first tool of...
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Primates eat bitter bark to kill parasites, while sparrows use cigarette butts to keep ticks off their chicks. Could the wisdom of wildlife be the next frontier in medicine?In Mexico City, house sparrows and house finches are picking up cigarette butts and weaving individual fibres into the lining of their nests. When researchers first discovered...
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A searchable database showed titles from former prime ministers Malcolm Turnbull and John Howard, as well as journalist Tracey SpicerFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian authors say they are "livid” and feel violated that their work was included in an allegedly...
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The firm is considering asking people to pay to remove ads if they do not want their data to be tracked.
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It's a mystery that has long puzzled researchers. Why can't we remember our early childhood experiences? Freud called the phenomenon infantile amnesia, and for many years scientists have wondered whether it's a result of failure to create memories or just a failure to retrieve them. Now new research appears to point to an answer. To find out more,...
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The US attorney general said a wave of vandalism and arson attacks at Tesla dealerships is "domestic terrorism".
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The Trump administration is cutting funding, while specifically targeting institutions like Columbia. No wonder academics want outIn six weeks, the Trump administration's "rapid scheduled disassembly” of American science has been as sharp and deep as its trashing of the US's alliances and goodwill; Earth science, weather forecasting and early...
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Approach could herald new way of delivering drugs, beyond birth control, over long periods of timeResearchers are developing an injection that creates a contraceptive implant in the body using an approach that could herald a new way of delivering drugs over long periods of time.Current contraceptive implants last for years, meaning women do not...
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A year-long series of events marks 80 years since admission of Marjory Stephenson and Kathleen Lonsdale in 1945When Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein became fellows of the Royal Society, like other illustrious physicists, chemists and biologists over the centuries, they met the society's membership criteria in two essential ways:...
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Presence of long-chain alkanes in rock raises new questions about possible existence of life billions of years agoNasa's Curiosity rover has found the largest organic compounds ever seen on Mars, raising tantalising questions about whether life emerged on the red planet billions of years ago.The compounds were detected in a 3.7bn-year-old rock...
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US carmaker's European market share falls as Chinese rival BYD overtakes it on global revenue, topping $100bnBusiness live – latest updatesSales of new Tesla cars slumped in Europe last month in the latest indication of a potential buyer backlash over Elon Musk's high profile and controversial behaviour since becoming a leading figure in Donald...
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Those of us who spend our lives gaming can no longer deny knowledge that our online communities are awash with disturbing hate speech and violent rhetoricThere is a lot of attention on young men and toxic masculinity at the moment. It's about time. The devastating Netflix drama Adolescence, about a 13-year-old boy accused of murdering a girl after...
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Amid angst over the technology, a consensus is emerging about its capabilities – but there is an elephant in the roomIn early March, a job advert was doing the rounds among sports journalists. It was for an "AI-assisted sports reporter” at USA Today's publisher, Gannett. It was billed as a role at the "forefront of a new era in journalism”,...
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On straight line missions, YouTubers jump fences, wade through rivers, and almost die in peat bogs. It's completely pointless – and weirdly beautifulSpending too much time on YouTube can be a dangerous game for men my age. Algorithmic gyres can pull you rightwards – towards misogynistic extremes and away from the parts of the internet that...
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New CPS guidance aims to boost use of deletion orders after Observer revealed systemic failingsThe Crown Prosecution Service is to update its guidance on so-called "revenge porn” crimes to stop perpetrators being allowed to keep explicit photos of their victims.The Observer revealed last month that magistrates courts were routinely failing to...
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The Nidus haemodialysis device has undergone a successful clinical trial, but but there is a lack of funding to get it through regulatory approval, write Dr Heather Lambert and Dr Malcolm CoulthardWe too found the "outside the box” thinking in Alexander Masters' long read (Many life-saving drugs fail for lack of funding. But there's a solution:...
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My father, Basil Hiley, who has died aged 89, was a theoretical physicist who was particularly renowned for his research collaborations with the American David Bohm, working with him on the foundations of quantum mechanics.Together they published many articles emphasising the wholeness of the quantum process and on the concept of Bohm's "implicate...
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Facebook and Instagram owner reaches legal agreement with human rights campaigner in case that could set precedent for millionsThe owner of Facebook and Instagram has agreed to stop targeting a UK citizen with personalised adverts after agreeing a settlement in a landmark privacy case that could set a precedent for millions of social media...
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Self-help pundits advise us to cut difficult people out of our lives, but it's not the only optionIt was snowing and the heating had broken the day I visited the Mass Observation Archive in Brighton. I sat in my coat, woolly hat and fingerless gloves, my breath clouding the air. Before me were nearly two hundred anonymous letters written in 2007,...
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Ohio, Maryland and Alabama among states to report new cases, with 378 confirmed in first few months of 2025More US states are reporting measles cases as the Texas outbreak expands, surpassing last year's total, amid vaccine misinformation and hesitancy.The Texas outbreak could take a year to get under control, one health official said – during...
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In parts of North America and Greenland, up to 90% of the sun's fiery surface may be obscuredEclipses often come in pairs. A lunar eclipse is usually accompanied by a solar eclipse two weeks later, or vice versa, and this month is no exception. On 14 March, the moon was totally eclipsed by Earth; now it is the turn of the sun.There will be no total...
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When details about a scientific study in the 1960s became public, there was shock, outrage and anxiety. But exactly what happened?By Samira Shackle. Read by Dinita Gohil Continue reading...
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Chi Onwurah urges government to bring forward AI safety bill instead of delaying it to curry favour with Donald TrumpConcerns about the safety of artificial intelligence are at risk of being ignored by ministers, the Labour head of the Commons technology committee has said, as the government delays regulating the industry to curry favour with...
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Noland Arbaugh tells the BBC how being the first Neuralink patient has changed his life.
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The tech giant confirmed it had "reached a resolution" but rejected the allegations made against it.
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The alarm has been raised by experts as the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the introduction of lockdown Key scientific lessons learned during the Covid-19 pandemic are being forgotten, UK scientists have warned.The researchers have raised the alarm as the nation marks the fifth anniversary of the introduction of lockdown, which was announced...
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The company that prides itself on announcing products only when they're ready grossly underestimated the demands of personalising its virtual assistantAfter ChatGPT broke cover in late 2022 and the tech industry embarked on its contemporary rendering of tulip mania, people started to wonder why the biggest tech giant of all – Apple – was...
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How the writer found her ongoing fixation on self-development was actually working against her I have lied to people. Last year I read twice the amount of self-help books than I logged on Goodreads. The number would raise serious concern and some of the titles would, too. I say I'm a culture journalist, but I couldn't share my Spotify Wrapped...
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Distorted external referencing can keep her paralysed, because she's trying to live up to an imagined idealThe question My daughter is now 34 years old, but she wants to be a teenager again, because she feels that she missed out on the fun she should have had back then. She hates the way she looks, because she thinks she looks older than 16. She...
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If you could increase the lifespan of your pet dog or cat, would you? And what is the real cost of doing so?Last November, my family brought home a puppy. Frankie was eight weeks old when he came to live with us, and right now, watching him bound around with my seven-year-old son, I don't want to imagine ever saying goodbye to him. Well, maybe I...
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Lara Lewington explores how technology and AI are transforming what it means to be human.
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Cafes are cracking down on remote workers – but we can save ourselves by following a few simple rulesOnce upon a time, it was socially acceptable to smoke inside, wear those mad, wide ties and pat your secretary on the bottom. Norms change, and that's often for the best. But when it comes to laptops in cafes, falling from favour as owners lose...
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Five years since Boris Johnson ordered the UK to stay home, steps to prepare for the next national emergency are clearerExactly five years ago Boris Johnson announced that the United Kingdom was being placed in lockdown. "From this evening I must give the British people a very simple instruction – you must stay at home because the critical thing...
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Arve Hjalmar Holmen, who has never been accused of or convicted of a crime, says chatbot's response to prompt was defamatoryA Norwegian man has filed a complaint against the company behind ChatGPT after the chatbot falsely claimed he had murdered two of his children.Arve Hjalmar Holmen, a self-described "regular person” with no public profile in...
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Imperial College project could lead to less invasive testing and combat increase in antibiotic resistanceJodie is a canine with special powers, scientists have discovered. The golden labrador can smell and identify particular bacteria and could soon play a key role in helping researchers develop a programme in which dogs could sniff out...
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We have an opportunity to build systems that don't just replicate our current inequities. Will we take them?The notion that artificial intelligence could help reduce racism might seem counterintuitive. After all, we've seen numerous headlines about AI systems perpetuating or even amplifying racial biases. Yet as we enter 2025, amid both a backlash...
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Promise was central plank to space agency's Artemis program, which is scheduled to return humans to the lunar surface in 2027Nasa has dropped its longstanding public commitment to land the first woman and person of color on the moon, in response to Donald Trump's directives to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices at federal...
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Investigation uncovered eight adverts that portrayed women in a harmful or degrading way, says ASAAn investigation by the UK advertising watchdog has found a number of shocking ads in mobile gaming apps that depict women as sexual objects, use pornographic tropes, and feature non-consensual sexual scenarios involving "violent and coercive...
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Researchers say Aardvark Weather uses thousands of times less computing power and is much faster than current systemsA single researcher with a desktop computer will be able to deliver accurate weather forecasts using a new AI weather prediction approach that is tens of times faster and uses thousands of times less computing power than conventional...
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I asked some well-known names for their thoughts on the ultimate existential question. Their answers were fascinating, funny – and could help us frame our days on EarthIn September 2015, I was unemployed, heartbroken and living alone in my dead grandad's caravan, wondering what the meaning of life was. Where was I going to find happiness, or...
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'It is impossible to ignore video game music now,' says Tommy Pearson, founder and artistic director of the inaugural London Soundtrack festivalDid you know that soundtrack concerts are among the most popular for touring orchestras? A full third of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's first-time audience members are coming to the concert hall via...
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