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From Bolivia to Indonesia, deforestation continues apace
Deforestation continued last year at a rate far beyond pledges to end the practice by 2030, according to a major study published Tuesday.Forests nearly the size of Ireland were lost in 2023, according...
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'Invisibility' and quantum computing tipped for physics Nobel
An "invisibility cloak", an atomic force microscope or quantum computing are some of the scientific achievements that could win a Nobel prize in physics Tuesday.The award, to be announced at 11:45 am...
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Neural networks, machine learning? Nobel-winning AI science explained
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to two scientists on Tuesday for discoveries that laid the groundwork for the artificial intelligence used by hugely popular tools such as...
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NASA astronaut posts stunning timelapse video of Hurricane Milton from space
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick on Tuesday posted footage taken from the Dragon Endeavour spacecraft showing Hurricane Milton as it barreled toward the Florida coast.Writing on Twitter, Dominick...
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Kamala Harris 'is in control of this hurricane' using 'weather weapons': Alex...
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones accused Vice President Kamala Harris of having the ability to control hurricanes through so-called "weather weapons."Jones kicked off his Tuesday broadcast by promising...
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'Déjà vu': MSNBC host says Trump's hurricane 'indifference' resembles his...
MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace began her Tuesday show by pointing to recent comments from Donald Trump giving false information about the emergency response to Hurricane Helene. With Hurricane Milton...
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A U.S. climate scientist sees hurricane Helene's devastation firsthand
Carl Schreck spent his career studying tropical storms thousands of miles away from home.But when Hurricane Helene hit the American climate scientist's hometown in North Carolina and flooded several...
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Nobel-winning physicist 'unnerved' by AI technology he helped create
A U.S. scientist who won the 2024 Nobel physics prize for his pioneering work on artificial intelligence said Tuesday he found recent advances in the technology "very unnerving" and warned of possible...
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Trio wins chemistry Nobel for protein design, prediction
Americans David Baker and John Jumper, together with Briton Demis Hassabis, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for work revealing the secrets of proteins through computing and artificial...
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'It's got to stop': Biden uses national address to shame Marjorie Taylor Greene
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is continuing to spread misinformation about liberals controlling national disasters, and President Joe Biden on Wednesday told her publicly to cut it out. Speaking...
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Wildlife populations plunge 73% since 1970: WWF
Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted over 70 percent in the last half-century, according to the latest edition of a landmark assessment by WWF published on Thursday.Featuring...
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U.S. forecasts severe solar storm starting Thursday
A massive ball of plasma and accompanying magnetic field ejected from the Sun is expected to strike Earth on Thursday morning, potentially triggering auroras as far south as Alabama, according to US...
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'They can't rig Alexa': Trump rallygoer cites Amazon assistant for weather...
A woman attending a Donald Trump campaign rally cited Amazon's Alexa to falsely claim the government controlled hurricanes.The Good Liars' Jason Selvig spoke to the Trump supporter at a rally in...
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Trump's false claims are tearing rift in GOP in hurricane-ravaged states: report
Back-to-back devastation from two massive hurricanes has caused a rift between Republicans in affected states over whether or not to back Donald Trump's lies about aid and property seizure, according...
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Seasonal change can affect people’s moods — and their moral values
Moral values are the principles that guide a person’s perceptions of good and bad, and right and wrong. They shape our prejudices, political ideologies and many other consequential attitudes and...
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NASA is launching a major mission to look for habitable spots on Jupiter’s...
On October 10, NASA is launching a hotly anticipated new mission to Jupiter’s fourth-largest moon, Europa.Called Europa Clipper, the spacecraft will conduct a detailed study of the moon, looking for...
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Gazing at your dog can connect your brain with theirs, research shows
It might sound far-fetched, but recent research suggests that dogs’ and humans’ brains synchronise when they look at each other.This research, conducted by researchers in China, is the first time that...
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'Party atmosphere': Skygazers treated to another aurora show
Scientist Jim Wild has travelled to the Arctic Circle numerous times to study the northern lights, but on Thursday night he only needed to look out of his bedroom window in the English city of...
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AI affects everyone – including Indigenous people
Since artificial intelligence (AI) became mainstream over the past two years, many of the risks it poses have been widely documented. As well as fuelling deep fake porn, threatening personal privacy...
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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS is a Halloween visitor from the spooky Oort Cloud
The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space. The spherical shell known as...
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