We found hundreds of huge ancient mass graves hidden in the Sahara desert
We have been on a years-long campaign of satellite remote sensing of the vast desert…
Digitalisation in Europe – new edition out today – News articles
Did you know that in 2025, 30% of all businesses in the EU used information…
How does your brain decide between the road not taken or the same old route? Resolving conflicting memories is key to navigation
When was the last time you paid attention to your commute? And I don’t mean…
College students are noticing their AI-smoothed writing sounds strong — and not like them
Generative AI has become a part of everyday student life in Canada. While institutions focus…
Instagram can now read all users’ private messages. Will this make kids safer or just boost ad targeting?
As of May 8 end-to-end encryption is no longer available on direct messages on Instagram.…
Pet loss is difficult for people – what about for other pets?
I recently lost one of my cocker spaniels, Bobbi. She was fit, healthy and active,…
Conspiracy theorists are building AI interfaces to the Epstein files – and presenting their views as data analysis
Jeffrey Epstein’s death on Aug. 10, 2019, sparked a flurry of conspiracy theories, and the…
Humidity and heat are killers for tropical birds – waxbill and hornbill studies highlight the dangers
Humans are not the only species negatively affected by increasingly hot and humid conditions. Intense…
Back to school: robots learn from factory workers
What if training a robot to handle dirty, dangerous work on the factory floor was…
Is Richard Dawkins right about Claude? No. But it’s not surprising AI chatbots feel conscious to us
In recent days, evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins wrote an op-ed suggesting AI chatbot Claude may…