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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis“ in Washington, DC, on Jan. 31, 2024.
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing “Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis“ in Washington, DC, on Jan. 31, 2024.
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Meta to back pro-AI candidates in California

The tech world powerhouse on Tuesday confirmed plans for a super-PAC called Mobilizing Economic Transformation Across California dedicated to backing pro-AI candidates regardless of party affiliation.

2 days ago
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California parents blame ChatGPT for son's suicide

Matthew and Maria Raine argue in a complaint filed Monday in a California state court that ChatGPT cultivated an intimate relationship with their son Adam over several months in 2024 and 2025 before he took his own life.  

2 days ago
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Human ancestor Lucy gets first European showing in Prague

The ancient remains of the Australopithecus afarensis were discovered in Ethiopia in 1974. The find was, at the time, the most complete ever made and revolutionised the understanding of humanity's ancestors.

4 days ago

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Is life possible on a Jupiter moon?

The Europa Clipper mission will allow the US space agency to uncover new details about the moon, which scientists believe could hold an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy surface.

10 months ago
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'Party atmosphere': Skygazers treated to another aurora show

For at least the second time this year, skygazers in many parts of the world were treated to colourful auroras at latitudes beyond the polar extremes where they normally light up the skies.

10 months ago
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'Denying my potential': Women at Japan's top university call out gender imbalance

Just one in 10 researchers at the prestigious University of Tokyo are women, and one in five students.

10 months ago
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AI steps into science limelight with Nobel wins

"AI's role in transforming how we do science cannot be underestimated," Elena Simperl, a professor at King's College London's informatics department said.

10 months ago
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Trio wins chemistry Nobel for protein design, prediction

Biochemist David Baker, 62, was given half the award "for computational protein design", while Demis Hassabis and John Jumper shared the other half "for protein structure prediction," the jury said.

10 months ago
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Will AI one day win a Nobel Prize?

Some scientists are already hard at work seeking to create an AI colleague worthy of a Nobel, with this year's laureates to be announced between Oct. 7 and 14.

10 months ago
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Hera spacecraft to probe asteroid deflected by defence test

In a scene that sounds straight out of science fiction, the spacecraft deliberately crashed into the pyramid-sized asteroid Dimorphos in 2022, roughly 11 million kilometres (6.8 million miles) from Earth.

10 months ago
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SpaceX capsule for stuck astronauts docks at space station

NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov boarded the ISS shortly after the Dragon capsule docked at the station at 2130 GMT, NASA said in a post on X.

10 months ago
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Nuking a huge asteroid could save Earth, lab experiment suggests

The biggest real-life test of our planetary defences was carried out in 2022, when NASA's fridge-sized DART spacecraft smashed into a 160-metre (525-feet) wide asteroid, successfully knocking it well off course.

11 months ago
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Researchers decode oldest human DNA from South Africa to date

The genetic sequences were from a man and a woman whose remains were found at a rock shelter near the southern coastal town of George, about 370 kilometres (230 miles) east of Cape Town, said University of Cape Town (UCT) biological anthropology professor Victoria Gibbon. 

11 months ago
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Japan store chain develops president's AI version for employee use

The generative AI has been trained on the books authored by President Hiroshi Nojima and his past remarks. When Nojima employees ask the program for advice on their computers or smartphones, the AI avatar answers on behalf of the president.

11 months ago
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New study reinforces theory Covid emerged at Chinese market

Nearly five years after Covid first emerged, the international community has not been able to determine with certainty exactly where the virus came from.

11 months ago
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Historic private astronaut mission prepares for splashdown

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission hit a peak altitude of 1,400 kilometers, more than three times higher than the International Space Station, and the furthest humans had ever traveled from Earth since the Apollo missions to the Moon, and performed first ever spacewalk by non-government astronauts.

11 months ago
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Apple unveils new iPhone built for AI

The tech giant has a lot riding on the new iPhone 16 and hopes that customers are enticed to buy the latest models, attracted by new AI powers.

11 months ago
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Boeing's beleaguered Starliner returns home without astronauts

After years of delays, Starliner launched in June for what was meant to be a roughly weeklong test mission -- a final shakedown before it could be certified to rotate crew to and from the orbital laboratory.

11 months ago
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US confirms first bird flu case without animal contact

The person who tested positive for bird flu was the 14th to do so in the United States this year, and the first without known contact with animals.

11 months ago
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Old satellite to burn up over Pacific in 'targeted' re-entry first

According to the ESA, Salsa's return home will mark the first-ever "targeted" re-entry for a satellite, which means it will fall back to Earth at a specific time and place but will not be controlled as it re-enters the atmosphere.

11 months ago
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Boeing's beleaguered Starliner coming home empty

Starliner autonomously undocked from the space station at 6:04 p.m. Eastern Time, and is set to land at White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at approximately 4:03 a.m. GMT

11 months ago
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NASA admits tension with Boeing over space rescue plan

The US space agency is enlisting SpaceX to rescue the astronauts because of safety concerns with Boeing's Starliner capsule, which encountered thruster malfunctions and helium leaks on its way to the orbital outpost.

11 months ago
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Small meteor lights up Philippine sky

The one-meter space rock, named 2024 RW1, collided with the Earth's atmosphere shortly after midnight local time and caused a "harmless" but "spectacular fireball" over the Philippines' Luzon island.

11 months ago
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Durov's Telegram: 'Weapon of war' under increased scrutiny

Since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine in 2022, Telegram, which has over 900 million active users, has emerged as a crucial platform used by pro-war bloggers to justify Moscow's invasion and sow disinformation in Ukraine and the West.

1 year ago
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Flawed Boeing mission to return to Earth with rival SpaceX

The return of Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams had already been delayed for weeks by thruster malfunctions of the Boeing spacecraft, and NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced they will return to Earth in February, while Starliner will return uncrewed.

1 year ago
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NASA to decide Saturday on return of stranded astronauts

After years of Starliner development delays, the spacecraft finally lifted off in early June carrying Wilmore and Williams, both veteran astronauts, to the ISS, with NASA delayed indefinitely a plan to bring them back to Earth after eight days due to studied problems with the craft's propulsion system.

1 year ago
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South American lungfish has largest genome of any animal

Eighteen of the 19 South American lungfish chromosomes, the threadlike structures that carry an organism's genomic information, are each individually larger than the entire human genome, according to researchers.

1 year ago
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Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-flu jab disappoints in trial

The messenger RNA method made its debut with the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, which was the first jab against Covid to be approved in the West in late 2020

1 year ago
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Celebrating National Identity: Sasa Unveils 17 Classic Indonesian Dishes

To celebrate Indonesia’s Independence Day, PT Sasa Inti is showcasing the country’s rich and diverse culinary heritage by curating 17 traditional dishes from various regions across the archipelago.

1 year ago
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Flood of 'junk': How AI is changing scientific publishing

These are a few of the most egregious examples of artificial intelligence that have recently made their way into scientific journals, shining a light on the wave of AI-generated text and images washing over the academic publishing industry.

1 year ago
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Earth hit by 'severe' solar storm

Conditions of a level-four geomagnetic storm -- on a scale of five -- were observed Monday from 1500 GMT, according to a specialized center at the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

1 year ago
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Seismic data indicates huge underground reservoir of liquid water on Mars

That is the conclusion of scientists based on seismic data obtained by NASA's robotic InSight Lander during a mission that helped decipher the interior of Mars. The water, located about 7.2 to 12.4 miles (11.5 to 20 km) below the Martian surface, potentially offers conditions favorable to sustain microbial life, either in the past or now, the researchers said.

1 year ago
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Flood of 'junk': How AI is changing scientific publishing

A few of the most egregious examples of artificial intelligence have recently made their way into scientific journals, shining a light on the wave of AI-generated text and images washing over the academic publishing industry.

1 year ago