Are machines about to become smarter than humans? Chan2545/iStockphoto/Getty Images If you take the leaders of artificial intelligence companies at their word, their products mean that the coming decade will be quite unlike any in human history: a golden era of “radical abundance”, where high-energy physics is “solved” and we see the beginning of space…
Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News WWF Krill are just a few centimetres long fully grown, but are one of the most abundant animals on Earth Scientists say subtle differences in the colour of seawater will enable them to count tiny – but critically important – Antarctic marine creatures, from Space. The target of the…
Last month Jensen Huang, the boss of Nvidia, landed in Beijing with a clear message: the maker of the world’s leading artificial-intelligence (AI) chips planned to “unswervingly serve the Chinese market”. America would rather it didn’t. Just a few days before Mr Huang’s trip the Trump administration introduced new controls that, in effect, banned the…
Paul Seddon Political reporter PA Media Jeremy Corbyn (far right in the picture) and John McDonnell (far left) attended the rally in January MPs Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell will face no further action after being interviewed by police following a pro-Palestinian rally. McDonnell said the pair had been questioned by officers after taking part…
Eric MoodyJun 13, 2025, 01:30 PM ET Close Eric Moody is a writer for fantasy football, men’s and women’s basketball, and sports betting at ESPN. Eric joined ESPN in 2021 after working as a senior fantasy analyst at Pro Football Network. Prior to that, he spent much of his career as a manager at a…
Lead contamination in municipal water sources is a consistent threat to public health. Ingesting even tiny amounts of lead can harm the human brain and nervous system — especially in young children. To empower people to detect lead contamination in their own homes, a team of researchers developed an accessible, handheld water-testing system called the…
A fracture on Mars’s surface, taken in January 2018 by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express craft ESA/DLR/FU Berlin Thousands of mysterious quakes on Mars that only happen during summer are unlike any known earthquakes, puzzling scientists. Since NASA’s InSight lander reached Mars in 2018, it has recorded thousands of marsquakes, including some surprisingly large…
Philippa Roxby and Smitha Mundasad Health reporters Getty Images Pollen levels are forecast to be high or very high in many parts of the UK over the next five days. The fine powder released by certain grasses, trees and plants is causing chaos for the many who’re allergic to pollen. Itchy eyes, sneezing, dripping noses,…
It was a timely win for Elon Musk. The world’s richest man, whose business empire has recently been dragged down by his penchant for far-right politics, has long pursued a vendetta against Sam Altman, boss of OpenAI. In recent months Mr Musk, who helped establish the artificial-intelligence (AI) lab but left in 2018, has sought…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has urged de-escalation following Israeli strikes targeting nuclear and military sites in Iran. He spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday afternoon and shared the UK’s “grave concerns” about Iran’s nuclear programme, No 10 said, as a fresh wave of Israeli strikes targeting Tehran began. Fears of a…
