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After enduring a severe cyber attack, the British Library is now in the process of restoring its main catalog online. This is a significant milestone as…
Coriolis effect (noun, “Kor-ee-OHL-iss Eh-FEKT”) The Coriolis effect causes airborne objects moving over the Earth to travel along curved paths rather than straight lines. This primarily…
line up: (noun: alignment) The arrangement or arrangement of things in a patterned order, following obvious lines. action: the way something, often a person or other…
One of several giant craters discovered in remote areas of SiberiaVasily Bogoyavlensky/AFP via Getty Images A deep cylindrical crater in Siberian permafrost has puzzled researchers since…
Mink are currently being spotted across the UK after escaping from fur farms or being released by animal activists Roy Waller/Alamy Wildlife conservation groups aim to…
Rishi Sunak needs to decide whether to support Britain’s creative industries or bet everything on the artificial intelligence boom, Getty Images’ chief executive has said. Craig…
Maybe my father walked out on me, the speaker theorized, his voice sounding like the crash of drums (often typical of tense moments on reality TV…
In 1540, coins of Henry VIII were made at the Tower of London. One of his masters of the mint was Ralph his knurling, a goldsmith…
Infrared image of Saturn’s icy moon TitanNASA/JPL-California Institute of Technology/Stephane Le Mouelik, Virginia Pasek Saturn’s moon Titan is home to strange “magical islands” that appear and…
For over 16 years, a large corporation relentlessly accused 900 postmasters of theft, false accounting, and fraud, despite the fact that the branch shortages were actually…
A recent study found that the majority of e-scooter accidents requiring hospital treatment are not officially recorded in road accident figures. This suggests that the danger…
I In any major scandal that has the power to monopolize national attention, there are always key moments when events could have been stopped in their…
Love in the Age of ChatGPT It is a truth universally acknowledged that every single man who owns a computer must be looking for an AI…
aAs you may have noticed, we’re in the midst of a craze about something called generative AI. Many hitherto ordinary people, and economists alike, are riding…
The United States is currently in the midst of an outbreak of the new coronavirus. JN.1 variant That's driving up hospitalizations and deaths across the country.…
The concept of time Understanding time can be challenging, as Einstein demonstrated time’s relativity and how it can be experienced differently based on an object’s speed.…
Microsoft's stock closed above Apple's for the first time since 2021 on Friday, making it the world's most valuable company, as demand concerns hit the iPhone…
The brain changes significantly during pregnancy Fat Camera/Getty Images Brain scans show that some brain areas become smaller and thinner during pregnancy, and that most of…
In the brief history of space exploration, humans have already made significant changes to the moon. From the cultural legacy of our first footprints to the…
New AI has revealed unexpected discoveries. Surprisingly, your fingerprints aren’t as unique as previously thought. Well, at least when compared to each other. It has long…
discovery of Tyrannosaurus macraiensissister species of the famous one tyrannosaurus rexsuggests that tyrannosaurid dinosaurs originated from Laramidia, an island continent that existed between 100 million and…
The Great Sphinx of Giza may have been carved by desert winds long before humans carved it. Mysterious desert natural structures called yardangs closely resemble a…
X-59 aircraft Lockheed Martin Corporation/Gary Tice An experimental aircraft commissioned by NASA will fly over major U.S. cities at speeds faster than the speed of sound.…
Archaeologists in the Amazon have discovered a series of “lost cities” that have flourished for thousands of years, the results of which were published Thursday in…
Comet 67P Cave/Churyumov Gerasimenko CNES/ESA/Rosetta/MPS/OSIRIS/Guillaume Faury and others We discovered a cave on a comet for the first time. Caverns identified in comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko, also known…
Fingerprints from two fingers on the same hand may look different, but AI can find basic similaritiesAndrey Kuzmin/Shutterstock Artificial intelligence can accurately identify whether fingerprints left…
Ultimately, a network of quantum computers could enable the creation of a more secure quantum internet. hh5800/Getty Images Shopping on an unhackable quantum internet will require…
It is now confirmed that the previous year has been noted as the warmest year in the history of the Earth.The average land and ocean surface…
Black Sun #145Seiren Solcare These exquisite images show starlings swirling and swooping to create dramatic cloud-like flocks known as murmurs.Photographer Seiren SolcareBest known for his portraits…
According to a study, more than 100 deepfake video ads impersonating Rishi Sunak were paid to promote on Facebook in the last month alone. This study…
It may be possible to identify people by their breathing techniquesEdited by Ross Helen/Alamy The turbulence created when breathing could be used as an effective biometric…
The Moon's relative proximity to Earth makes it a natural first destination for human exploration. Miramay/Getty Images our moon rebecca boyle hachette There's a quote I've…
Missiles fired from aircraft carrier Kearney at Houthi missiles and drones in Red Sea us navy Attacks on container ships in the Red Sea have forced…
If the Sun or other stars harbor black holes, they could look and behave differentlyNixx Photography/Shutterstock Hidden inside stars may be tiny black holes that formed…
‘WWhen people play video games, they want to have fun,” Josh Mansell, composer of Naughty Dog’s early Crash Bandicoot games, tells me. It’s a simple word,…
Nkuti Gatwa (left) from Doctor WhoJames Purdon/BBC Studios I'm reading a book by Naomi Alderman. future is a science fiction novel that I loved so much…
TNext year's tech industry will be dominated by a new era of spatial computing brought about by upgrades to everything from cathoppers to binoculars to cars,…
Some of the yeasts used to brew Guinness today are descendants of those used in 1903.Artur Widak/NurPhoto SRL/Alamy The yeast strain used to brew Guinness, Ireland's…
STired of having to work for a living? Apparently ChatGPT feels the same way. The number of people has increased in the past month or so.…
Google has laid off hundreds of employees across its hardware, voice assistant, and engineering teams as part of its cost-cutting measures. Google said in a statement…
