15+ min ago   (1379+ words) A pioneer of China's aerospace program, Liu Jiyuan, died in Beijing aged 93 after an illness, the main space contractor said on Wednesday. In a career of nearly four decades from 1960, Liu worked on, and ⁠led development of, ⁠control systems for…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1705+ words) From a fishing trawler in the Adriatic, Italian scientists gently release thousands of tiny octopuses in the hope of fighting an invasive crab species that has devastated local fisheries. A team from the University of Bologna is betting that the…...

2+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1623+ words) ChatGPT creator OpenAI said Tuesday that it was tapping the brakes on development of its most advanced AI model and tightening internal controls, a month after revealing a cyberattack carried out by one of its AI tools. OpenAI is a…...

3+ hour, 18+ min ago   (1665+ words) Lying on the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust, the elephant slowly exhausted himself in futile attempts to stand, the latest victim of a mysterious ailment in southern Kenya. Distressed vets administered a glucose injection -- the only option,…...

3+ hour, 28+ min ago   (1613+ words) The Milky Way, a large and spiral-shaped galaxy that is home to hundreds of billions of stars including our sun, has taken a long and complicated path to achieve its current dimensions, as illustrated by new research documenting a milestone…...

23+ hour, 15+ min ago   (1611+ words) China's humanoid robot makers have spent the past two years dazzling investors with machines that can breakdance, throw punches and even set marathon records. This week in Beijing, they face a tougher test in proving their inventions can work reliably…...

20+ hour, 4+ min ago   (1608+ words) After years of building infrastructure and regulatory frameworks, Saudi Arabia's challenge is shifting toward how to effectively integrate artificial intelligence into the core operations of institutions. This is the gap Ayman Al-Ghamdi, the new president of Microsoft Arabia, has placed…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1500+ words) WHALE AT ONE O'CLOCK!" Eager cruise passengers zipping around New York's southern shores rush to the starboard bow: a humpback whale is up for air, a breathtaking sighting set against Manhattan's iconic skyline. Such scenes are no longer uncommon in…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1032+ words) China's Unitree unveiled a new high-speed robot it dubbed "Superman" on Monday, days before becoming the first general-purpose robotics company to list on mainland China's stock market. Unitree, the world's biggest humanoid-robot maker by sales, will start trading in Shanghai…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1539+ words) The black-and-white image appears to show the unlikeliest of interactions: an orangutan cradling endangered leopard cubs deep in the jungles of Malaysia's Sabah state. But the viral image is not just unlikely, it is fake, part of a trend of…...