Science & Technology

Nasa has announced that its operations are currently halted due to a lapse in government funding, with a notice on its website stating the agency is “closed” until further notice. The development comes as the […]

A fresh look at data collected by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has uncovered more evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus may be able to support life, with additional complex organic molecules identified from the geyser-like jets of […]

OpenAI has announced the launch of its new social video app Sora, which brings artificial intelligence-powered video creation directly to users. The app, currently limited to iPhones in the US and Canada, works on an […]

Amazon has kicked off its latest hardware refresh with a double headline act: the company’s first-ever Kindle Scribe with colour support and a long-awaited upgrade to its voice assistant, now called Alexa Plus. Being a […]

The mysterious far side of the Moon may be significantly cooler deep within its interior than the side that permanently faces Earth, according to a new study co-led by researchers from University College London (UCL) […]

In a first-of-its-kind breakthrough, scientists have used artificial intelligence to design viruses—bacteriophages—that can hunt down and kill harmful bacteria. Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute created the world’s first entirely AI-generated genome, marking […]

Qualcomm has officially unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 chip, marking the latest advance in flagship mobile processors for Android smartphones. As the successor to the 8 Elite, this chip is set to power […]

Mars may have a hardened heart. Marsquake reverberations detected by NASA’s InSight lander revealed that the Red Planet probably possesses a solid inner core, researchers report in the Sept. 4 Nature. That firm interior, tucked […]

A sample obtained by NASA’s Perseverance rover of reddish rock formed billions of years ago from sediment on the bottom of a lake contains potential signs of ancient microbial life on Mars, according to scientists, […]

Apple is quietly gearing up for one of the biggest upgrades to Siri since the voice assistant first arrived more than a decade ago. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the company is working on a […]

OpenAI has announced a series of updates aimed at making ChatGPT safer for teenagers and for people who may be going through mental health struggles. The company said new parental controls, improved crisis detection, and […]