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Are you ready for sentient Disney robots?

Disney knows it has to devise a new generation of spectacular attractions rooted in technology if it wants to continue to vacuum up family vacation dollars

Taliban ramp up on social media, complicate things for Facebook, Twitter

The question of what to allow online with the Taliban is only likely to grow for the social media companies.

What if you could become invisible to mosquitoes?

Aedes aegypti is a salt-and-pepper scourge on humans worldwide

Senate has votes to clear $1-trillion infrastructure Bill: Report

The legislation would be the largest infusion of federal investment into infrastr­ucture projects in more than a decade

Giraffes may be as socially complex as chimps and elephants

Giraffes are not loners, but socially complex creatures, akin to elephants or chimpanzees. They're just a little more subtle about it

As Taliban capture cities, US says Afghan forces must fend for themselves

Fighter jets and helicopter gunships would have responded in force, beating back the Islamist group or, at the very least, stalling its advance

Taliban captures sixth Afghan provincial capital as govt forces reel

It is the sixth provincial capital to have fallen in a matter of days as Taliban forces, emboldened by the departure of U.S. troops from the country, have sped up their campaign across Afghanistan

Democrats outline $3.5-trillion antipoverty, climate blueprint

The budget blueprint is expected to be voted on this week in the Senate soon after final passage of Biden's bipartisan $550 billion infrastructure package

Friedman and the free market debate

A number of economists had looked closely at Friedman's arguments about the Great Depression, and found them wanting

Messi's departure from Barca is a mess everyone could see coming

To come so close to losing Messi once might be regarded as unfortunate. To do so twice looks an awful lot like carelessness

No work, no food: Coronavirus pandemic deepens global hunger

An estimated 270 million people are expected to face potentially life-threatening food shortages this year - compared to 150 million before the pandemic - according to analysis from World Food Program

Apollo 15 anniversary: 50 years ago, NASA put a car on the Moon

at the 50th anniversary of Apollo 15 some enthusiasts, historians and aut­hors are giving the lunar rover its due as one of the most enduring symbols of the American moon exploration programme

Start climate change battle with your AC

After Cooling has its greatest impact when it asks us to think deeply about the reasons humans wish to change the temperature of their surroundings

Delta variant forces Silicon Valley giants to rethink office-return plans

Some companies said the recent spike in cases had not yet affected their return-to-office planning. Facebook still intends to reopen at 50 percent capacity by early September

AI predicts the shape of molecules, in a boon for medicine and drug design

DeepMind has given 3-D structure to 350,000 proteins, including every one made by humans

Netflix confirms gaming foray as Disney chips away its dominance

It has hired a gaming executive, Mike Verdu, formerly of Electronic Arts and Facebook, to oversee its development of new games

One village quelled Covid. The next was overrun. It's a bad sign for India

The uneven response to India's catastrophic second wave, coupled with widespread vaccine hesitancy, indicates that the coronavirus is here to stay.

Rooh Afza, relished across the heated borders, eyes new palates

The drink brings about $45 million of profit a year in India alone, its manufacturer says, most of it going to a trust that funds schools, universities and clinics

Trump era unravels Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg's Facebook pairing

View from inside the upper echelons of the company is clear: It felt as though Facebook was no longer led by a No. 1 and No. 2, but a No. 1 and many.

The singular pursuit of pleasure

Book review of The Secret Life of the Savoy: Glamour and Intrigue at the World's Most Famous Hotel