The Blurred Truths of Sora

As a purely creative instrument, Sora, the new AI video app from OpenAI, is a game changer. Dream up any scenario and it appears in an instant. Freddy Krueger as a contestant on Dancing With the Stars. Mr. Rogers teaching Tupac Shakur the lyrics to the legendary rap diss “Hit Em Up.” But just as…

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Why talking about sweat stopped being a taboo

Luke MintzBBC News and Michelle RobertsDigital health editor BBC Listen to Michelle read this article Alan Carr’s days on The Celebrity Traitors looked perilous from the start. Just 32 minutes into the first episode, after the comedian had been selected as a “traitor”, his body started to betray him. Beads of sweat began forming on…

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Worcester student paramedic helps deliver lecturer’s baby

Chloe HughesWest Midlands University of Worcester Third-year paramedic services student was on placement at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital Paramedic services student Elise Faragher had no idea her routine hospital placement would see her helping to deliver the baby of someone very familiar. The third-year student was at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital when her lecturer, Aaron…

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From slop to Sotheby’s? AI art enters a new phase

One of the most conspicuous features of generative AI tools is their accessibility. With no training and in very little time, you can create an image of whatever you can imagine in whatever style you desire. That’s a key reason AI art has attracted so much criticism: It’s now trivially easy to clog sites like…

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Saturn’s moon Titan just broke one of chemistry’s oldest rules

Scientists from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and NASA have made a surprising discovery that challenges one of chemistry’s fundamental principles, while also offering new insight into Saturn’s mysterious moon Titan. In Titan’s intensely cold environment, substances that normally cannot mix are able to combine. This finding expands our understanding of how chemistry may…

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MIT finds traces of a lost world deep within planet Earth

Researchers from MIT and collaborating institutions have uncovered exceptionally rare traces of “proto Earth,” the ancient precursor to our planet that existed about 4.5 billion years ago. This primitive world took shape before a massive collision forever changed its chemistry and gave rise to the Earth we inhabit today. The discovery, described on October 14…

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Spanish authorities investigate the suspicious death of ready-to-wear brand Mango’s founder Isak Andic

By AFP Published October 17, 2025 Spanish police are investigating the death of fashion brand Mango‘s founder, local media reported on Thursday. Isak Andic‘s death last December was initially attributed to an accident in the mountains but now his son is suspected. Isak Andic – Mango Isak Andic died aged 71 in December 2024 in what the Spanish…

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