In a world where artificial intelligence can resurrect the dead, grief takes on a new dimension. From Canadian singer Drake’s use of AI-generated Tupac Shakur vocals to Indian politicians addressing crowds years after their passing, technology is blurring the lines between life and death. But beyond their uncanny pull in…
China has emerged as the world’s top producer of generative AI patents, but it is struggling to turn many of its ideas into action thanks to US export controls and longstanding struggles with its innovation culture at home. In July, the UN’s intellectual property agency reported that China had filed…
Nearly 27,000 cases of mpox have been found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with about 1,100 deaths. The World Health Organization (WHO) has called an emergency meeting to discuss a jump in mpox cases spreading from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the…
Study shows ancestors of Homo floresiensis were even shorter and lived 700,000 years ago. Twenty years ago scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood about 3.5 feet (1.07 meters) tall on the Indonesian island of Flores. Now a new study suggests that the ancestors of the diminutive…
EXPLAINER Eating insects may be healthier, cheaper and better for the environment than consuming meat – what’s not to like? The Singapore Food Agency announced last month that it has approved 16 insect species as fit for human consumption. The agency has permitted some species of beetle, locusts, grasshoppers and…
Dr Lwidiko Mhamilawa believes in teaching science through hands-on play, as seen in Tanzania’s STEM-based theme parks. In Tanzania, Projekt Inspire’s STEM Parks give young people an adventure playground of science, with entertaining experiments and hands-on equipment to encourage a “learn through play” love of the sciences. Co-founded by Dr…
For decades, scientists have floated theories about dark matter, which is believed to hold galaxies together by its gravitational pull. The enigma of dark matter continues, and now scientists have discovered what they call dark oxygen on the ocean’s floor. A recent study published in Nature Geoscience, a journal dedicated…
The Ivory Coast has received the first doses of malaria vaccine from the world’s largest vaccine maker, the Serum Institute of India, in collaboration with the University of Oxford, and began rolling out a new vaccination drive across the country earlier this week. Malaria remains a significant health issue in…
New Delhi, India – India’s actual death toll during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic that ravaged the world’s most populous country could be eight times higher than the government’s official numbers, reveals a new study. While that initial wave of the virus caught the world off guard, leaving governments…
Tampons, which are used by millions of women, may carry “alarming” amounts of toxic metals including lead, arsenic and cadmium, a study by academics in the United States has warned. The findings by a team of researchers led by Jenni A Shearston at the University of California at Berkeley (UC…
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