Science & Technology

About 12% of the world’s bird species have been driven to extinction by human activity, new research has found – double previous estimates. The study, published in Nature Communications on Tuesday, estimates that about 1,430 bird species have died out…

According to the pioneering coral scientist, Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, from the University of Queensland, Australia, record-breaking land and sea temperatures, driven by climate breakdown, will probably cause “unprecedented mass coral bleaching and mortality” throughout 2024. The upper ocean is undergoing unmatched…

Wikipedia’s founder, Jimmy Wales, has said that ChatGPT, the wildly popular generative artificial intelligence (AI) tool from OpenAI, is currently a “mess” when it’s used to write articles on the platform. Wales told Euronews Next that a Wikipedia article written…

NASA has launched its first mission to a mysterious world made largely of metal, on a journey to find out whether the asteroid is the exposed core of an early planetary building block from the beginning of the solar system.…

A team of scientists at the Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM), led by Dr. Chan-hoon Park, have designed and developed a special powered wheelchair that addresses the major problems regular products cause for people with walking disability. The…

According to BBC News, trainee surgeons are working with the new AI technology, to learn more precise keyhole brain surgery. Developed at University College London, the AI system has analyzed more than 200 videos of this type of pituitary surgery,…

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has warned against replacing teachers with artificial intelligence programs, saying that this could affect children’s emotional well-being and put them at risk of manipulation. The recent UNESCO guidance urges governments to…

A group of researchers in America published the results of their research on the impact of tablets and smart phones on children’s development on Monday, August 21. These scientists have found that continuous use of such devices for more than…

“Tahera Jafari”, a researcher and professor at Oman University, has succeeded in turning sea water into drinking water after years of research. It should be noted that this method does not create negative environmental effects in the marine ecosystem. Also,…

The United Nations Security Council is set to hold its first formal discussion on the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) in New York this week, Reuters reported. The aim of the discussion, called by Britain, is to initiate an international…