Experts seek to legitimize AI mental health care
Researchers at Dartmouth College believe artificial intelligence can deliver reliable psychotherapy, distinguishing their work from the unproven and sometimes dubious...
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‘I don’t have a voice in my head’: Life with no inner monologue
Paris, France - Mel May only realised she was different while reading a news article one day. "Wait, what? Some...
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UAE participates in First Framework Working Group meeting within G20 Finance Track
BENGALURU, INDIA - The UAE participated in the first Framework Working Group (FWG) meeting within the G20 Finance Track, which...
- Held for the first time under India’s G20 presidency in Bengaluru, the meeting sought to discuss the work plan for FWG in 2023.
- The meeting was also attended by G20 members, invited countries and representatives from international organizations.
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Climate change fuelling cholera surge, says WHO
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - Climate change is fueling a global cholera upsurge, the WHO said Friday, warning the situation was compounded by...
- Fatality rates are extremely high for most of the countries for which the UN health agency has data.
- Cholera outbreaks can be prevented by ensuring access to clean water and improving surveillance.
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WHO sees Covid-19 emergency dying out in 2023
Urging China to share information that might pinpoint how the pandemic started, the WHO has said that it was hoping...
- The WHO's emergency committee on Covid-19 will discuss the criteria for declaring an end to the emergency phase when they next meet in January
- Nearly 650 million confirmed Covid cases and more than 6.6 million deaths have been reported to the WHO, though the UN health agency acknowledges this will be a vast undercount
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Participation rises in Sharjah Sustainability Award
SHARJAH, UAE - The Environment and Protected Areas Authority in Sharjah (EPAA) announced an increase in participation in the 11th...
- The breakup of the entries are 311 from university and college students and 174 from school students.
- Nominations were also received in the Distinguished Teacher Award category.
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UAE launches Arab world’s first ever lunar rover, will land in April 2023
Dubai, UAE - The Arab world's first lunar rover successfully took off to space on Sunday. The UAE-built Rashid Rover...
- The UAE became the first Arab country and the fourth country globally to land on the lunar surface after the United States, Soviet Union, and China.
- The Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) said once launched, the integrated spacecraft will take a low-energy route to the moon.
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NASA capsule splashes down after key voyage
After venturing further into space than any previous habitable spacecraft, Orion splashed down safely in the Pacific, completing the Artemis...
- "I don't think any one of us could have imagined the mission this successful," said Artemis Mission Manager Mike Sarafin in a press conference.
- As it reentered the Earth's atmosphere, the gumdrop-shaped capsule had to withstand a temperature of 2,800 degrees C, about half that of the surface of the Sun.
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The moon is part of our existence and is a future necessity for the planet, says George Friedman
"There was a small amount of water on the moon, which means there is a lot of water but it...
- To achieve life on the moon, we need soldiers, businessmen, technologists and various segments and categories, says Dr George Friedman of US Naval Institute
- "We must think that the wealth on the moon will be for humanity in general, where we must think about the human dimension," he adds
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Webb telescope promises new age of the stars
Researchers using the new observatory have found the furthest galaxies ever observed, one of which existed just 350 millions years...
- Scientists say the Webb telescope, now orbiting the sun at a million miles from Earth, should last 20 years, twice its guaranteed lifetime
- Jupiter has been captured by the telescope in incredible detail which is expected to help understand the workings of the giant gas planet
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NASA’s Orion spaceship slingshots around Moon, heads for home
Monday's was the last major maneuver of the mission, which began when NASA's mega Moon rocket SLS blasted off from...
- European Service Module fired its main engine for over three minutes to put the gumdrop-shaped Orion on course for home
- Once it returns to Earth, Orion will have traveled more than 1.4 million miles, said Mike Sarafin, the Artemis mission manager
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Indonesia villagers race to escape eruption as sky turns black
LUMAJANG, INDONESIA - Thousands of villagers living near Indonesia's Mount Semeru were racing for refuge Sunday to the wail of...
- Locals fled on motorbikes sometimes three at a time as a mushroom cloud of ash approached and monsoon rains lashed the area in East Java.
- Indonesian authorities raised their alert level for the volcano to its highest after the crater spewed hot ash a mile into the sky.
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Copenhagen’s frozen library of ancient ice tells tales of climate’s past
Copenhagen, Denmark - How was the air breathed by Caesar or Christopher Columbus? A giant freezer in Copenhagen holds the answers,...
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Progress in Starship test launch, but ship and booster explode
"Such an incredibly successful day," a SpaceX announcer said. "Even though we did have a… rapid unscheduled disassembly of both...
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Bayanat, Yahsat, ICEYE increase Middle East satellite fleet to 7
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Bayanat, a leading provider of AI-powered geospatial solutions, and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), the...
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Elusive echidna rediscovered in Indonesia
The Zaglossus attenboroughi, a kind of long-beaked echidna named for famed British naturalist David Attenborough, had last been seen in...
- The Attenborough long-beaked echidna has never been recorded outside the extremely remote Cyclops Mountains of Indonesia's Papua region.
- In addition to the rediscovered echidna, the team found a kind of honeyeater bird not recorded since 2008, and a slew of underground species that are new to science.
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European Euclid space telescope unveils first images
Darmstadt, Germany - The first images from Europe's Euclid space telescope were released on Tuesday, showing a nebula resembling a horse's...
- Euclid blasted off in July on the world's first-ever mission aiming to investigate the enduring cosmic mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.
- The first five images were unveiled during a press conference at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.
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Robot maker dreams of turning sci-fi into reality
Ryo Yoshida's monster-sized drivable robot is hard to park and the $3-million price tag will crush most wallets.
- An imposing 14.7 feet high and weighing 7,716 pounds, "Archax" can be moved and operated by a pilot who clambers up to the high-tech cockpit.
- When manoeuvered in the vehicle mode, "Archax" is capable of moving at 10 kilometers (six miles) per hour, according to the company.