Category: Technology

BLACKDAY/Shutterstock Have you ever wondered why people who nearly die often describe speeding toward supernatural light, or seeing their life flash before their eyes? You may have also heard about the powerful psychedelic dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a class A illegal drug in the UK, and how it might generate the so-called near-death experiences. In a recent […]

A major cyberattack on Russia’s national airline Aeroflot has triggered widespread flight cancellations and delays, marking one of the most disruptive digital strikes since the onset of the Russia–Ukraine war in 2022. The breach, which occurred early Monday, crippled Aeroflot’s IT infrastructure and affected over 100 flights, including operations by subsidiaries Rossiya and Pobeda. 🕵️‍♂️ […]

Protesters blocking roads in Johannesburg, demanding a reliable water supply. Photo: Silver Sibiya GroundUp, CC BY-NC-ND African cities are growing at an incredible pace. With this growth comes a mix of opportunity and challenge. How do we build cities that are not only smart but also fair, inclusive and resilient? A smart city uses digital […]

Wasps get a hankering for jam once the colony larvae pupate. victoras/Shutterstock It’s summer in the northern hemisphere and that means sun, sea – and wasps. A lot of us have been taught to fear wasps as aggressive insects that exist only to make our lives a misery. But with unsustainable wildlife loss across the […]

Millions of people who recover from infections like COVID-19, influenza and glandular fever are affected by long-lasting symptoms. These include chronic fatigue, brain fog, exercise intolerance, dizziness, muscle or joint pain and gut problems. And many of these symptoms worsen after exercise, a phenomenon known as post-exertional malaise. Medically the symptoms are known as myalgic […]

At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced plans to establish a Global Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization, aimed at fostering international collaboration on AI development and governance. Li emphasized that AI is a transformative engine for economic growth, but warned that current global governance is fragmented, with significant disparities […]

RHJPhotos / Shutterstock The alchemist’s dream is to make gold from common metals, but can this be done? The physics needed to explain how to change one element into another is well understood and has been used for decades in accelerators and colliders, which smash sub-atomic particles together. The most notable present-day example is the […]

As of July 25 2025, people in the UK accessing web services with pornographic content will have to prove they are over 18 years of age. This development has been in the works for a while. It was proposed in 2014 by the video-on-demand regulator, and legislated for introduction in 2019 through the British Board […]

Tata Communications has announced a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to deploy a high-capacity, AI-optimized national long-distance network across India. The initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of generative AI, cloud innovation, and high-performance computing by connecting AWS infrastructure in Mumbai, Hyderabad, and Chennai. The purpose-built network will feature low-latency, high-bandwidth express routes, […]

A delicate, innocuous little fossil reptile known as Mirasaura grauvogeli – “Grauvogel’s wonder reptile” – is forcing a rethink about the evolution of skin and its appendages such as feathers and hair. These newly discovered fossils, from the Middle Triassic (247 million years old) Grès à Voltzia site in northeast France, preserve evidence of some […]