Near-mystical musings from a scientist who believes we are on the brink of a revolution in understanding ourselves

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Exclusive: Culture secretary says UK will crack down further and be ‘pioneer of tech as a force for good’

How the use of the word Deliver is increasing and the problems caused by its use as a metaphor for bringing about complex change. 

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School leaders’ union says new system is worse than one it replaced and has left members feeling overwhelmed

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Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.

NSF Hill Climb returns for 2026!

We’re sharing an AI-generated solution to the Navier–Stokes Millennium Prize Problem, including a writeup and a formal proof in Lean.

One of the trickiest problems in mathematics has now fallen to AI after just days of work. The groundbreaking result was announced amid rumour after similar, but less complete work, also created with AI, was announced just hours before

By now you've almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta's platforms. The headlines are all covering the basics: the years-long case these states filed against Meta ends, and Meta pays somewhere...

A New Mexico judge ordered the Instagram, Facebook and Whatsapp parent company to pay another $567m for the way it has harmed children.

This paper examines Ireland’s decade of deliberative democracy (2013-2023), during which six deliberative mini-publics (DMPs) produced 335 recommendations leading to landmark reforms including the leg...

In a speech, the PM is expected to say finding common ground across party lines will be key to fixing social care.

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Some feel it is a concrete step to protect children, but others argue it is ‘trying to fix the symptoms and not the disease’

What AI-driven miracles will happen this year?

ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [ Multimedia ] ___________________________

The internet you grew up on isn't dying. A commercial veneer glued on top of it is. A visual essay about what actually persists.

The Isle of Wight is geographically bounded, with three monitored ferry gateways. Its population of 140,000 is served by a single local authority and a defined NHS footprint. It is, in effect, a conta...

In a video message from Buckingham Palace, wildlife helps the King deliver a birthday card for Sir David Attenborough.

Editorial: For nearly a century, the Guardian has been challenging and delighting its readers with these puzzles. Here’s to 30,000 more

There is the unmistakable feeling that the wheels are coming off the MAGA bus.

Top executives from firms such as Meta and YouTube will be asked what they are doing to protect children.

Shocking accidental prisoner releases to be stamped out, as the Government moves to digitalise the archaic paper-based prison system.

On fitness, truth and what Darwin can teach us about design failure

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