Category: Technology

Rosetta at Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. ESA/ATG medialab; Comet image: ESA/Rosetta/Navcam This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the European Space Agency (Esa). It has launched spectacularly successful missions, but is different to other space agencies which generally represent one country. Esa is funded by 23 member states and also has cooperation agreements with […]

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was recently hit with three fines totalling more than US$290 million in Nigeria. The fines were imposed by Nigeria’s Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, Nigerian Data Protection Commission and the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria. Meta was accused of invasive practices against data subjects and […]

The Douro River is one of Portugal’s best-known waterways. It flows through the region that produces the famous port wines, and attracts a growing number of tourists each year. That brings economic benefits, but also problems. “Passenger ships are becoming more popular as tourists discover the area,” said Filipe Martins from APDL, the organisation that […]

Wikipedia, CC BY-SA Many atheists consider themselves to be highly rational people who rate evidence and analytical thinking above religion, superstition and intuition. They might even argue that atheism is the most rational worldview. But that doesn’t make them immune to having intuitive beliefs themselves. Science suggests the link between rationality and atheism is far […]

For more than a decade, the French robotics company Aldebaran has built some of the most popular robots used in academic research. Go to most university robotics departments and you’ll find either Pepper, the iconic three-wheeled humanoid robot, or its smaller two-legged sibling, Nao. These fast became the robots of choice for many academics for […]

The international research collaboration was led by the University of Rostock and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR). They used complementary technologies from the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) and the European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) to create and measure liquid carbon. Liquid carbon is a substance that can be found in the interior of […]

Any parent will tell you how useful it can be to have family living nearby, giving a helping hand when raising your children. In humans, relatives and even non-relatives act as childminders. Such behaviour is widespread in other animals too, particularly birds. In our recent study we explored why long-tailed tits, one of the UK’s […]

Redmond, WA – May 19, 2025 — Microsoft has officially integrated xAI’s Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini language models into its Azure AI Foundry platform, offering developers and enterprise users seamless access to xAI’s cutting-edge AI technology within Azure’s robust and secure cloud ecosystem. The addition of Grok 3 represents a major enhancement to […]

TSViPhoto/Shutterstock As many people sit at the wheel of their car, they are certain they know what colour is. It’s the red traffic light in front of them, the garish yellow hatchback in the next lane, or the green verge banking to their right. Colour, as many people understand it, is the property of a […]

China is rapidly advancing its 5G-Advanced (5G-A) infrastructure, aiming to enhance connectivity across urban, suburban, and rural areas. Telecom giants China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom are spearheading this initiative, with plans to deploy 5G-A networks in over 300 cities by the end of 2025. (Telecom Review) The deployment includes high-speed connectivity in subways, […]