Artificial Intelligence a blessing or our worst nightmare, Cambridge to explore
Will Artificial Intelligence eventually become a marvelous blessing or our worst nightmare? Will Artificial Intelligence transform civilization and our quality of life in a good...
British astronaut will run London marathon in space on board ISS
British astronaut Major Tim Peake will run the London Marathon in space on board the ISS (International Space Station) in April next year while...
Holy Grail of shipwrecks – San José – discovered, Colombian President tweets
The Holy Grail of shipwrecks – the San José – which was sunk by the British near the port City of Cartagena in Colombia...
Comet Catalina and Geminid meteor shower – December sky full of things to see
Apart from comet Catalina and the annual Geminid Meteor shower, there is a lot to see in the sky over the next week. In...
Breathtaking Pluto images taken by New Horizons – a frozen wonderland
Some breathtaking images of Pluto taken by New Horizons during its July flyby have been published by NASA, which describes the surface as 'a...
700 million people produce 50% of carbon emissions, 3.5 billion emit just 10%
The world’s richest 10% - 700 million people – produce 50% of all carbon emissions, compared to the poorest 3.5 billion who produce just...
Migratory birds at serious risk of extinction due to habitat loss along flight paths
Migratory birds are at serious risk of extinction due to the loss of **habitat and lack of protection along their flight paths, a team...
Superflare could knock out electricity supplies sending us back to pre-industrial era
A solar superflare could knock out our global electricity supply and send us back to pre-industrial times, with households using candles for lighting and...
Artificial intelligence centre launched by the University of Cambridge
An artificial intelligence centre is being launched by the University of Cambridge to explore the challenges and opportunities to humanity, thanks to a generous...
Vikings not driven to colonize Greenland because of warmer weather, study suggests
The belief that 10th-century Vikings were driven or encouraged to colonize Greenland because of unusually warmer weather is probably wrong – the climate was...