Forty-five per cent of the world's known flowering plants could be threatened by extinction, scientists have warned. Those under threat include orchids, varieties of pineapple, and many important crop species. Of the nearly 19,00...
More than 60 children have been taken to hospital in Jamaica after eating sweets containing cannabis, the country's education minister said. Fayval Williams wrote on X (formerly Twitter) that the primary school pupils were from the St Ann...
Hurricane Idalia is moving its way across Florida and into Georgia, leaving devastation and destruction in its wake. Nearly 280,000 people are without power and residents are warned to be careful of downed power lines. Some areas...
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San Francisco was a booming city for businesses, and then the Covid-19 pandemic happened, switching many employees from the office to working from home. Now, the city is dealing with large vacancy rates. NBC News' Jacob Ward has more....
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Seven leading companies in artificial intelligence have committed to managing risks posed by the tech, the White House has said. This will include testing the security of AI, and making the results of those tests public. Represen...
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A heat map taken during a heatwave in Prague shows water and green spaces can cool cities (Credit: European Space Agency) A heat map shows land surface temperatures in Paris during a heatwave in June 2022 (Credit: European Space Agency)...
Controversial proposals to allow deep-sea mining will be centre-stage at global talks in Jamaica from Monday. It comes after a two-year ban on the practice expired when countries failed to reach agreement on new rules. Scientists...
Former Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler has been given a 21-month suspended sentence and a fine for fraud and negligence in the 2015 diesel emissions scandal. He is the first top manager to be tried and convicted as part of Dieselgate....
Artificial intelligence (AI) can't taste or smell - at least not yet - but it is now increasingly helping people buy a decent bottle of wine. Blake Hershey says that the inspiration for his AI-powered wine recommendation app Sippd came fr...
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One of the three "godfathers of AI" has said it won't take over the world or permanently destroy jobs. Prof Yann LeCun said some experts' fears of AI posing a threat to humanity were "preposterously ridiculous"....
A trial under way at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary is exploring whether artificial intelligence (AI) can assist radiologists in reviewing thousands of mammograms a year. The pilot helped spot early-stage breast cancer for June - a healthcare a...
Millions of people in North America have been advised to wear N95 masks outdoors due to poor air quality levels sparked by intense wildfires in Canada. New York will begin distributing free masks on Thursday. Canada has said that people s...
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A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer has shown real promise in a major NHS trial, researchers say. The test correctly revealed two out of every three cancers among 5,000 people who had visited their GP with suspected symptom...
Last June, Nepal's tourism ministry announced plans to move Everest base camp lower down the famous mountain because global warming and human activity were making it unsafe. The camp sits on the Khumbu glacier which is thinning rapidly, c...