Scientists have discovered a new species of wild cat for the first time in more than a century, a Bolivian researcher told AFP on Thursday.

Imagine a small-business owner's loan application has just been rejected by an algorithm. Under international standards, she is entitled to know why.

How Cristina Lozano-Argüelles’s retaliación brought me to a word for being alone, and an island in the brain.

As the Bayeux Tapestry comes to the British Museum, scientists reveal how chemistry and imaging technology are unlocking its hidden history

The qualities that make built places charming are best stewarded by people who live there. But America’s soul-crushing suburban districts are now owned by people far away — people who don’t even know ...

Ancient DNA confirms Miracinonyx trumani was more closely related to modern pumas than cheetahs and had a more varied diet than previously thought.

Researchers worry that generative AI is homogenizing culture and cognition.

Clem Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face, said the Microduck is an “open-source robot you can teach new tricks with reinforcement learning.”

On a day-to-day, local level, it can be all too easy to forget the perilous state that our planet is in – but the sobering reality checks from science are only getting more frequent and more serious.

Single-use paper cups used for takeout coffee and other beverages release millions of microplastic particles when exposed to hot liquid, University of Queensland researchers have found.

Student team Solar Team Eindhoven from Eindhoven University of Technology has successfully completed the first practical tests of the solar ambulance Stella Juva in Kenya. The ambulance generates more...

1000-year archive from the Galápagos portends greater weather disruptions from the Pacific climate cycle

The polar bear image taken by Audun Rikardsen was among the 'highly commended' entries in this year's competition.

A many-legged oddball from long ago helps fill a major gap in the fossil record — and hints at how insects ended up with just six legs.

It looks increasingly likely it won’t just be Virgin competing with Eurostar on the route to London.

Known for her outsize persona, appearance and talent, she rose from rural poverty to become a top-selling singer, songwriter and entrepreneur.

The deaths are the first measles-related fatalities in the U.S. this year. Both people had not been vaccinated against the illness.

The advice also applies to the over-65s and others with underlying medical conditions amid salmonella outbreak.

A longitudinal study of Reddit posts since 2022 shows persistent tension between trust and distrust in generative AI.

From the daily weather forecast to a baseball player's batting average to an individual's risk of developing lung cancer, understanding statistics can help people in the United States navigate their l...

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Every year, hundreds of standups from across the world descend on the venerable festival. Here are some of their finest one-liners

Signs is one of my favorite science fiction movies.

Heatwaves don't affect everyone equally. Those already disadvantaged have it worse. Only public, rather than private, adaptation can mitigate this inequality.

All the news from the UCAS clearing data releases

Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centres

"Excitement about Myspace's relaunch reflects nostalgia for a more analog time, when algorithms were less dominant in our lives," an analyst told CNBC.

The extreme heat and drought affecting large parts of Europe this summer could erase ​much of the economic growth expected across ‌the region, Dutch bank Triodos said in a report on Saturday.

Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.

Should the EU work through August, just in case there’s a major crisis?

Should the EU work through August, just in case there’s a major crisis?

A cybersecurity researcher explains how hackers target small computers that control a water system’s tanks, pipes and valves.

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The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids.

As conflict, disinformation and authoritarianism spread, press freedom is no longer simply a media issue – it is a frontline defence against corruption, violence and global instability  On 3 May 2026,...

A Pizza Hut in southwest Pennsylvania was recently highlighted for preserving its retro 1990s appearance, even as hundreds of other locations have closed across the United States.