SAN FRANCISCO --OpenAI is launching a ChatGPT-powered search engine that could put theartificial intelligencecompany in direct competition with Google and affect the flow of internet traffic seeking news, sports scores and other tim...
Researchers have made a scientific discovery that could be used to slow the signs of ageing. The Human Cell Atlas project has discovered how the human body creates skin from a stem cell, and even reproduced small amounts of skin in a lab. As well...
The fishing town of Wajima on Japan's west coast is burnt and broken. At its centre, the remnants of its old marketplace are still smouldering, as if an explosion had just erupted, wiping out an area the size of a football pitch....
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A suspect is still at large after a mass shooting event in Lewiston, Maine left at least 16 feared dead and dozens injured. Police are still looking for "armed and dangerous" Robert Card, a firearms instructor they named as a person ...
Google's AI firm DeepMind has used artificial intelligence to identify changes in human DNA that might cause diseases. The researchers believe they have pinpointed 89% of all the key mutations. The development is expected to spee...
The UK is to rejoin the EU's flagship scientific research scheme, Horizon, the government has announced. UK-based scientists and institutions will be able to apply for money from the £81bn (€95bn) fund from today. Asso...
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A massive search and rescue effort is under way in the North Atlantic after a submersible exploring the wreck of the Titanic went missing on Sunday. The research vessel Polar Prince lost contact with the crew of the Titan sub an hour and...
A submersible used to take tourists to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic Ocean, sparking a search and rescue mission. The Boston Coastguard told the BBC an operation to find the submersible was under way on Mo...
Investigators in the South Korean capital of Seoul have raided 55 offices as they continue to search for answers after the deadly Halloween crush. The crowd crush in Seoul's nightlife district of Itaewon on 29 October killed 156 people and injured a...
Over the next five years, three new heavy-lift rockets will put thousands of satellites into low earth orbit as part of Amazon's Project Kuiper. The project aims to provide broadband connections using a constellation of 3,23...
Coldplay will stop recording music as a band in 2025, frontman Chris Martin has revealed. Martin made the announcement on Radio 2 on Wednesday, in a clip trailing ahead to his Christmas Show with Jo Whiley on the same c...
The social media platform TikTok is making a big push into shopping. The video sharing app is famous for its short lip sync videos, dance routines and humour. And its popularity has soared during the pandemic. T...
Scientists are beginning to paint a clearer picture on just how many people will be affected by climate change if current warming trends continue. About 85% of the world's population already lives in areas experiencing the affects of human-i...
The search and rescue efforts at the collapsed Surfside, Florida, apartment complex have shifted to a recovery effort as 86 people remain unaccounted for, officials said Wednesday. \\\\"It is with profound sadness that this afternoon I'm ab...
Future development and use of mRNA-based vaccines must consider impact on innate immunity....
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chlo&eacut...
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that while there is hope for a vaccine against Covid-19, one might never be found. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing there was "no silver bullet at the moment - and ...
US President Donald Trump has confirmed the White House coronavirus task force will be winding down, with Vice-President Mike Pence suggesting it could be disbanded within weeks. \\\\"We are bringing our country back,\\\\" Mr Trump said du...