1.5-million-year-old fossil reveals fascinating story of hominid with gorilla grip ...

1.5-million-year-old fossil reveals fascinating story of hominid with gorilla grip ...

A new fossil discovery in Kenya is reminding scientists that human evolution was never a straight climb from primitive to......

Astronomers claim finding hidden “cosmic tunnel” connecting Solar System to distant ...

Astronomers claim finding hidden “cosmic tunnel” connecting Solar System to distant ...

Fans of the sci-fi series Stargate have a reason to celebrate — scientists have discovered a kind of tunnel linking our......

Sea-level rise accelerating at fastest pace in 4,000 years, study warns

Sea-level rise accelerating at fastest pace in 4,000 years, study warns

A new study published in Nature has found that modern sea-level rise is occurring faster than at any point in the past 4,000......

Putin’s gamble: Would Russia dare strike NATO?

Putin’s gamble: Would Russia dare strike NATO?

There is no hard evidence that Vladimir Putin plans to attack NATO. Yet, as The Economist warns, that doesn’t mean he......

Canadian producer and TV personality creates AI version of his late wife

Canadian producer and TV personality creates AI version of his late wife

Two years after the death of actress and wellness author Suzanne Somers (aged 76), her husband of 55 years, Alan Hamel (89), a......

Scientists develop artificial neurons that mimic human perception

Scientists develop artificial neurons that mimic human perception

A team of researchers from Northwestern University and Georgia Tech have engineered organic electrochemical neurons capable of......

Wild bees formally declared “a species at risk of extinction” in E.U.

Wild bees formally declared “a species at risk of extinction” in E.U.

In a stark warning to governments, farmers and conservationists, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has......

China preparing to roll out SIM card-sized SSDs

China preparing to roll out SIM card-sized SSDs

A new wave of storage innovation is coming from China, where local manufacturer Biwin has introduced an SSD so small it can be......

The Iron Age began with accidental advances in metallurgy

The Iron Age began with accidental advances in metallurgy

Long before humans learned to forge iron weapons or build iron plows, ancient smelters were perfecting the art of making copper.......

Silent siege: How precision, AI, and invisible weapons are redefining conflict

Silent siege: How precision, AI, and invisible weapons are redefining conflict

The popular imagination of warfare is still dominated by the cataclysmic explosions of the 20th century: the thunder of......

Chinese startup Zhipu.ai unveils AI open-source model GLM-4.5 to rival GPT-4 and ...

Chinese startup Zhipu.ai unveils AI open-source model GLM-4.5 to rival GPT-4 and ...

Chinese AI startup Zhipu.ai has launched two new open-source large language models — GLM-4.5 and its lighter sibling......

Why AI chatbots are becoming substitute friends for lonely children

Why AI chatbots are becoming substitute friends for lonely children

A growing number of children and teenagers are turning to AI chatbots for companionship, raising serious concerns among experts......