An astronaut was taken to hospital shortly after returning to Earth from an extended mission on the International Space Station. The astronaut, who NASA did not name for privacy reasons, is suffering from an undisclosed medical issue. NASA initially said the entire crew was flown to Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola hospital out of precaution, but did not specify whether all ...
The mother of a 14-year-old boy who killed himself after becoming obsessed with artificial intelligence chatbots is suing the company behind the technology. Megan Garcia, the mother of Sewell Setzer III, said Character.AI targeted her son with “anthropomorphic, hypersexualized, and frighteningly realistic experiences” in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Florida. “A dangerous AI chatbot app marketed to children abused ...
The chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C is “virtually zero” on current trends, according to the UN’s environment body. This year’s Emissions Gap Report finds that emissions of greenhouse gasses in 2023 were the highest on record. More concerning, the rate of growth since 2022 was nearly twice as fast as in the decade preceding the COVID pandemic. This ...
Tickets to outer space have gone on sale for two would-be astronauts in China. Chinese space startup Deep Blue Aerospace is planning on taking passengers to space in 2027 and although there are only two tickets on sale on Thursday, more will be available next month. The rocket will take the travellers on a suborbital flight, meaning they will reach ...
Parts of Antarctica are turning green more quickly than previously thought, leaving scientists “shocked” at the impact of climate change in the region. The area covered by vegetation in the Antarctic Peninsula is 10 times larger than four decades ago, a UK research team has said. It means the 800-mile (1,300km) area in the northernmost part of the continent – ...
A surgeon is removing brain tumours “the size of large apples” through patients’ eyebrows, in what is believed to be a world first. Consultant neurosurgeon Anastasios Giamouriadis, based in Aberdeen, has adapted an existing technique to remove the growths, leaving patients with only a small scar and black eye. The operation can be over in three hours, and some people ...
Robots could sit in the seats of absent children in school – to allow the pupils to access lessons from a “safe space”, a former children’s commissioner has said. Anne Longfield, executive chair of the Centre for Young Lives, said that developing a “more inclusive” school environment could help tackle the attendance crisis – rather than a “one-size-fits-all” approach, in ...
“Oink oink?” “Yes, of course.” Communication with pigs may soon be possible as scientists say they have developed an AI tool that can interpret what the animals are saying. While it’s not quite Doctor Doolittle, the algorithm is capable of decoding pig sounds and could potentially alert farmers to negative emotions, researchers say. It’s hoped the tool can help improve ...
As new laws go, the Data Use and Access Bill sounds like one of the most boring imaginable. But don’t nod off just yet… The revamp of data laws, claims the government, has the potential to boost the economy, benefit patients, police and parents – even help reduce disruption from road repairs. But done wrong, privacy and digital rights campaigners ...
A new pioneering Alzheimer’s drug has been rejected for widespread use in the NHS in England. The announcement comes as the UK’s medicines regulator said that donanemab could be licenced for use in the UK. However, the health spending watchdog, the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE), said that it “does not currently demonstrate value for the NHS”. ...