As Elon Musk launches the Department of Government Efficiency to recommend spending cuts, he has highlighted examples of what he considers waste. Musk, the world’s…
The Tesla CEO, Trump’s most influential campaign backer, has turned into a key power broker in presidential transition.Tech billionaire Elon Musk is diving even deeper…
A teenager from British Columbia tested positive for the H5 avian flu, and health authorities are investigating.Canada has confirmed its first human case of bird…
NewsFeedA painting produced by an AI-powered humanoid robot called Ai-Da has sold for more than $1 million at a Sotheby’s auction. The portrait is of…
We examine whether the genocide in Gaza will damage Israel’s well-known tech sector.Israel’s tech sector has always had a close relationship with Silicon Valley with…
Police describe escapees, who are not carrying disease, as ‘harmless and a little skittish’, posing ‘almost no danger to public’.More than 40 monkeys escaped from…
Legislation to prevent children accessing social media will be introduced by Australia’s parliament later this year and will take effect 12 months after ratification.Australian Prime…
A documentary aired on Spain’s national television this month has made headlines around the world for its revolutionary claim that Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic…
White House memo says US should stay at the forefront of AI development while safeguarding rights and privacy. United States President Joe Biden has rolled out…
Can we prevent zoonotic diseases from spreading to humans and protect our cities from major future outbreaks?Seventy-five percent of infectious diseases in humans come from…
Forty-four countries have been declared malaria free, but there were still 249 million cases in 2022.Egypt has been certified as malaria free, with the World…
Atlantic salmon populations in England and Wales have plummeted to unprecedented lows, according to the Atlantic Salmon Stock Assessment for 2024, a report published this…
The technology helped recover $1.3bn in tax fraud in the 2024 fiscal year, says the Treasury.The United States Treasury Department is turning more to artificial…
The air-taxi market is predicted to grow exponentially by the end of the decade, but experts have warned that its future depends on a well-planned…
NewsFeedAfter SpaceX’s world-first success in catching a rocket booster as it returned to earth, we heard from aerospace Engineer Scott Walter about why it was…
Rwanda is fighting its first outbreak of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus which was first reported in late September. As of Thursday, 11 people were reported…
The ‘real time PCR test’ will enable the detection of the virus by swabbing human skin lesions.The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the use…
It’s been almost 25 years since Bruce Willis, playing the fictional character Harry Stamper in the blockbuster movie, Armageddon, saved Earth from an asteroid careering…
Stargazers in Chile and Argentina turned their eyes to the horizon on Wednesday to catch the final solar eclipse of 2024: a “ring of fire”…
EXPLAINERHurricane Helene has been downgraded to a category one storm but authorities warn rainfall and winds are still a danger.Hurricane Helene struck Florida’s Big Bend…