For the UK and Europe, the rollout of 6G is creating a geopolitical dilemma.
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A recent study adds a sixth way animals may use magnetoreception.
Anybody within the eruption zone would be pulverised by blasts, crisped by the heat, or asphyxiated by ash.
Are the warnings of a potential AI apocalypse credible?
Trying to understand how the brain is so good at focusing on one conversation has kept auditory neuroscientists occupied since the 1950s.
We’ve gone from celebrating foods with additives to despising them, but living without them seems an impossibility.
How prepared are you for an emergency?
Satellite tracking data was used to look at which ships and boats were active in the Seychelles waters.
Ideally, experts should guide this debate. Unfortunately, they disagree too.
Neuromorphic technology is reimagining how computers should work.
New study suggests ancient campfires may have encouraged our ancestors to develop language.
We increasingly turn to chatbots when we are upset. But what they cannot do may be what matters most.
The call follows warnings from one AI researcher that the technology could ultimately destroy humanity.
The welfare information that animal industries release shapes public trust.
The People’s Liberation Army called for researchers to accelerate progress on building humanoid robots designed for military uses.
None of the rapid development in AI exists in a vacuum. It is built on decades of blue-skies work by academics.
At what point should we step in when AI is making travel bookings for us?
The finding highlights the amazing diversity present across dog breeds.
Around half of the glacier ice in the Himalayas (equivalent to about two billion Olympic swimming pools) could melt by the end of this century.
It’s not the first time AI researchers and companies have issued such warnings.
Put down the fertiliser.
We need to stop worrying about intelligent machines and start building intelligent societies.
You can have too much of a good thing.
Athletic feats are impressive, but useful robots must be able to adapt, recover from mistakes and handle the unexpected.
Spaceflight can reproduce some changes associated with later life within weeks, offering clues about muscle loss, frailty and recovery.