Elizabeth Dawson and Helen BriggsBBC climate and science team Aleksey Maro Understanding more about the diet of wild chimps could help explain human attraction to alcohol Wild chimpanzees have been found to consume the equivalent of a bottle of lager’s alcohol a day from eating ripened fruit, scientists say. They say this is evidence humans…
Artist’s reconstruction of the pachycephalosaur Zavacephale rinpoche Masaya Hattori A dome-headed dinosaur found in Mongolia had a serious weapon on top of its skull, a mouth full of no-nonsense teeth and cartoon-like giant eye sockets. The new species, named Zavacephale rinpoche, lived about 108 million years ago in the early Cretaceous and is a member…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 17, 2025 The Arnault family is drawing on LVMH’s executive ranks to bolster the management of Paris FC, the Parisian football club in which it acquired a 52.4% majority stake in November 2024. Agache, the family holding company chaired by Antoine Arnault, has announced the appointment of two…
An advanced version of Gemini 2.5 Deep Think has achieved gold-medal level performance at the 2025 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) World Finals. This milestone builds on our gold-medal win at the International Mathematical Olympiad in July, underscoring Gemini’s world class capabilities in abstract problem solving. In this year’s ICPC competition, Gemini was able to…
Jessica LawrenceBBC News NI BBC Elaine Agnew has had her operation cancelled which she has been waiting nearly a year for “Significant” IT issues at services across the Southern Health Trust will continue into Thursday with the majority of planned surgery and out-patient hospital appointments being cancelled. A major incident is still ongoing at sites,…
Translated by Nazia BIBI KEENOO Published September 17, 2025 Rochas draws the curtain on its ready-to-wear collections. Interparfums, which has owned the renowned Parisian brand since 2015 and develops its fragrances, is discontinuing Rochas’s fashion line, which it brought in-house in 2023. The collections have been overseen by Italian designer Alessandro Vigilante since 2024. Rochas,…
Editorial Note: This brief was updated on September 17, 2025 to reflect language in the final bill enacted July 4, 2025. On July 4, President Trump signed into law the budget reconciliation bill, previously known as “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” The law includes several policy changes that could have significant implications for the health…
James GallagherHealth and science correspondent Jeff Dowling/EMBL-EBI Researchers developed the code for the AI model which looks for patterns in people’s medical records Artificial intelligence can predict people’s health problems over a decade into the future, say scientists. The technology has learned to spot patterns in people’s medical records to calculate their risk of more…
Google’s deep investments in American technical infrastructure, R&D and the workforce will help the U.S. continue to lead the world in AI. Source link
Overview As PEPFAR faces increased pressure to transition and scale down, understanding which of its investments most effectively drive HIV outcomes can help inform future directions. This analysis examines PEPFAR spending and HIV viral suppression rates in 22 countries from 2018–2023, looking at spending in three areas: (1) core-services; (2) targeted/stand-alone programs; and (3) non-service…
