India sends new space mission to observe sun after success of moon landing | Space News
Latest mission by Indian Space Research Organisation will send a probe 1.5 million km to study the sun’s outer layers. India’s space agency is taking…
Is climate change fuelling Idalia and other hurricanes? | Climate Crisis News
In less than a day this week, Hurricane Idalia strengthened from a Category 1 storm into a fierce Category 4, the second-highest tier for cyclones.…
Jaron Lanier: Artificial intelligence is not a threat to humans | Technology
The man who coined ‘virtual reality’ says AI poses no threat, and resisting technological progress is futile anyway. What if the fears of artificial intelligence…
Evolving threats: The state of personal data protection in Brazil | Business and Economy News
Celio Vikas, a retired public servant from São Paulo, recalls a particularly harrowing incident in January where an imposter, posing as a bank employee over…
Robot Sophia: ‘Not a thing’ could stop a robot takeover | Technology
One of the world’s most advanced human-like robots discusses whether AI will outsmart humans. As AI-driven robots become more intelligent and more autonomous, could they…
Does artificial intelligence pose a risk to humans? | Technology
Jaan Tallinn, one of the co-founders of hit software like Skype and Kazaa, says AI poses an existential risk to humans. Jaan Tallinn is no…
Russian spacecraft reaches lunar orbit in preparation for moon landing | Space News
Russia’s Luna-25 space probe enters lunar orbit in first Russian mission to the moon in almost 50 years. Russia’s lunar spacecraft has entered the moon’s…
Scientists celebrate as pig kidney continues to function in human body | Science and Technology News
Surgeons hope that cross-species organ transplants could eventually help save lives of human patients. Surgeons in the United States have announced that a pig kidney…
Yoshua Bengio: Democracy is not safe in an AI world | Technology
One of the fathers of artificial intelligence discusses the necessity of having regulations on AI technology. Yoshua Bengio’s work in the 1990s and 2000s has…
Virgin Galactic flies its first tourists to the edge of space | Space News
Richard Branson’s company expects to begin offering monthly trips to customers on its winged space plane. Virgin Galactic has rocketed to the edge of space…
Conflict over the clock: China among countries where time is political | Politics News
When Nuria Shamsed* was a child, she would sit with her family in front of her grandparents’ house on the outskirts of the Western Chinese…
Biden issues executive order restricting US investment in Chinese tech | Business and Economy News
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that will narrowly prohibit certain United States investments in sensitive technology in China and require government…
Chip war: Is there an end to tit-for-tat China-US trade restrictions? | Trade War
We consider the impact as China’s export curbs on the chipmaking metals gallium and germanium take effect. Semiconductor chips are a vital component used in…
‘Black suffering’: Henrietta Lacks medical research lawsuit settled in US | Race Issues News
Cells taken in 1951 from Lacks, a Black woman, without her knowledge became the cornerstone of modern medical research. The family of Henrietta Lacks has…
Can AI predict cancer? | Health
A patient waits anxiously in the doctor’s office. The specialist walks in to inform them that they have been diagnosed with cancer. But there is…
In first, scientists induce ‘virgin birth’ in female fruit flies | Science and Technology News
Scientists have said they genetically engineered female fruit flies that can have offspring without needing a male, marking the first time “virgin birth” has been…
Edo Richard and Craig Ritchie: Are Alzheimer’s drugs false hope? | Health
World-leading dementia scientists discuss the controversies surrounding new Alzheimer’s medications. Dementia affects 55 million people worldwide, and its most common form, Alzheimer’s, accounts for about…
NASA satellite’s collision with asteroid sent boulders into space | Space News
US space agency says images from Hubble telescope show dozens of boulders floating away after collision. The United States space agency says dozens of rock…
US chip lobby presses Biden to refrain from more China curbs | Science and Technology News
It says further rule-tightening by US officials risks ‘disrupting supply chains, causing significant market uncertainty’. The US-based Semiconductor Industry Association has called on President Joe…
Dimie Ogoina: Is mpox health emergency over in the Global South? | Health
The Nigerian scientist who diagnosed the first recent mpox case discusses whether the health emergency is really over. In 2017 in Nigeria, Dr Dimie Ogoina…