Meta Platforms profits surge helps fuel Zuckerberg’s AI ambitions
Social media giant Meta Platforms has says its have profits soared and is pumping billions…
Starmer warns ‘consensus is gone’ on fighting climate change
Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondent, BBC News Aaron Chown/Getty Images The Prince of Wales spoke at the global climate meeting of world leaders President Trump was under attack on Thursday as world leaders lined up to criticise his stance on climate change ahead of the global COP30 summit. The…
Hidden Guests review: This book is a great insight into the new science of microchimerism
“We are composed not only of human cells and microbes but also fragments of others…” Lois Fordham/Millennium Images Hidden GuestsLise Barnéoud, translated by Bronwyn Haslam, Greystone Books My children were conceived using donated eggs, so you would be forgiven for assuming we share no genetic material. Yet science has proved this isn’t entirely true. We…
Transform your MCP architecture: Unite MCP servers through AgentCore Gateway
As AI agents are adopted at scale, developer teams can create dozens to hundreds of specialized Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, tailored for specific agent use case and domain, organization functions or teams. Organizations also need to integrate their own existing MCP servers or open source MCP servers for their AI workflows. There is a…
Clarks Cloudsteppers concept stores opening in Asia, US; plans apparel, athleisure and men’s lines
Published November 6, 2025 UK footwear giant Clarks continues making big steps internationally, now launching three dedicated Cloudsteppers brand standalone concept stores in Southeast Asia and the United States adding a further 10 locations to those regions next year. Image: Clarks And for the first time the brand will introduce women’s and men’s apparel/accessories to…
Google’s approach to AI and learning
Throughout history, new technologies — from the printing press to the internet — have reshaped how we learn. Today, through the growth of AI, we’re at the start of the next big step. The world has made incredible progress in expanding access to education, with 90% of primary school-aged children now enrolled in school. But…
A three-legged lion has learned to hunt in a completely unexpected way
Jacob, outfitted with a tracking collar, lost his left hind leg in a poacher’s snare Alex Braczkowski A lion that lost one leg to a poacher’s snare has defied the expectations of conservation scientists by adopting an inventive new hunting strategy. Jacob, an 11-year-old lion in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, made headlines last year…
Questions for the America First Global Health Strategy
Authored by KFF’s Jen Kates and Boston University’s Debbie Stenoien and Allyala Nandakumar as well as independent consultant Michael Ruffner, this post for ThinkGlobalHealth identifies and examines several key issues and questions that lie ahead for the America First Global Health Strategy — the first roadmap for what comes next for the President’s Emergency Plan…
BBC Inside Science – Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?
Available for over a year Astronomers have new evidence, which could change what we understand about the expansion of the universe. Carlos Frenk, Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University gives us his take on whether the dark energy pushing our universe apart is getting weaker. With the Turing Prize, the Nobel Prize and…
US trade negotiator eyes trade deal with Switzerland, says talks underway with Mexico
By Reuters Published November 6, 2025 US trade officials met with representatives from Switzerland this week and are having discussions with trade officials from Mexico, Central America, and others in the Western Hemisphere, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Thursday. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer is interviewed by a TV network at the White…
New 2D material transforms air into fuel and fertilizer
Scientists are working to make renewable technologies more efficient by studying ultra-thin materials known as two-dimensional (2D) materials. These materials could open new pathways for producing essential chemicals like ammonia, a key ingredient in fertilizer, through cleaner and more sustainable methods. Among these materials, a family called MXenes stands out. MXenes are low-dimensional compounds capable…
