Humans

A report on the virality of animal pictures and videos points to an emerging trend in advertising

Data and analysis go far but not all the way to certainty; then the leader decides on intuition -seeing, hearing, and feeling beyond the obvious

Now is the time to create the rules and regulations that will protect humanity's shared future in space and ensure the Moon remains a symbol and inspiration for generations to come

Human activity has pushed the Earth's freshwater resources far beyond the stable conditions that prevailed before industrialisation, a study has found. The findings, published in the journal Nature Water, show that the updated planetary boundary for freshwater change was surpassed by the mid-twentieth century. This is the first time that global water cycle change has been assessed over such a long timescale with an appropriate reference baseline, the researchers said. Human pressures, such as dam construction, large-scale irrigation and global warming, have altered freshwater resources to such an extent that their capacity to regulate vital ecological and climatic processes is at risk, they said. The international team calculated monthly streamflow and soil moisture at a spatial resolution of roughly 50x50 kilometers using data from hydrological models that combine all major human impacts on the freshwater cycle. The researchers determined the conditions during the pre-industrial

The adoption of AI across industries accelerated last year after OpenAI's ChatGPT and other generative tools showed the technology's potential

Artificial intelligence will change the world of espionage, but it won't replace the need for human spies, the head of Britain's MI6 intelligence agency says in prepared remarks released Wednesday. Richard Moore, director of the UK's foreign intelligence agency, is set to speak in Prague on evolving threats to the West from Russia and Iran, and argue that the human factor will remain crucial in an era of rapidly evolving machine learning. AI is going to make information infinitely more accessible and some have asked whether it will put intelligence services like mine out of business, he says in extracts released in advance by the UK government. In fact, the opposite is likely to be true," he adds. "As AI trawls the ocean of open source, there will be even greater value in landing, with a well-cast fly, the secrets that lie beyond the reach of its nets. Moore, who has previously warned that the West was falling behind rivals in the AI race, will argue that the unique characteristics

He stated that rather than being focussed on annihilation of humanity, governments should caution against AI's ultra-fast development and adoption

Companies that use ChatGPT said they saved money using the AI tool, with 48 per cent saved over $50,000 and 11 per cent saved over $100,000, according to a report in Fortune

Science fiction is fast morphing into reality. The latest such achievements are artificial embryos. Here's a look at the problems, pitfalls and potentials of this breakthrough

It's worth noting, in light of recently published research, that a majority of people won't be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetimes

Charles Darwin first recognised this change in our ancient anatomy. But how and why it happened has remained a mystery

Recently, a near-perfectly preserved fossil of a skull was identified as that of a newly discovered human-like species Homo longi or "Dragon Man"

Report references 144 incidents since 2004 where US service personnel reported close encounters with unidentifiable aerial objects

Book review of The History of the World in 100 Animals

Hundreds of birds were reported dead in different parts of the country on Monday as the raging bird flu spread to 10 states and Union Territories

Book review of FOSSIL MEN: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind and THE SEDIMENTS OF TIME: My Lifelong Search for the Past

To measure how much virus was inactivated, the researchers placed the diluted solutions in contact with cultured human cells

Unlike humans, the scientists said bats have specific mechanisms which reduce the replication of viruses in their bodies, and also dampen their immune response to a virus

The potential payoff for such research is enormous

A new study pushes back the origins of human evolution by 100,000 years