Gemini’s inaccurate AI racial images warn of tech titans’ power
AUSTIN, US – For people at the trend-setting tech festival here, the scandal that erupted after Google's Gemini chatbot cranked out...Business Global Science Tech & Media
SpaceX poised for third launch test of Starship megarocket
Two previous attempts have ended in spectacular explosions, though that's not necessarily a bad thing: the company has adopted a...Science
EU moves to label nuclear, gas energy as ‘green’
The fact that the European Commission quietly distributed the text of this proposal to member states late on Friday, in...The proposal aims to support the 27-nation bloc's shift towards a carbon-neutral future
It also looks to gild the EU’s credentials as a global standard-setter for fighting climate change
Endangered big cat trapped in northern Iraq
The leopard which was given anesthetic before it was captured, is believed that fewer than 1,000 exist in the wild,...Before being captured, the big cat sustained a wound to its back leg when it was caught in a trap
Villagers near the town of Zakho lost around 20 sheep before realizing a leopard was attacking their flocks
2021: A year of space tourism, flights on Mars, China’s rise
Beyond the science milestones, billionaires battled to reach the final frontier first, an all-civilian crew went into orbit.Beyond the science milestones, billionaires battled to reach the final frontier first, an all-civilian crew went into orbit
China's Tiangong (Palace in the Sky) space station -- its first long-term outpost -- was launched in April, while its first Mars rover, Zhurong
US scientist, dubbed ‘modern-day Darwin,’ dies
Edward O Wilson, an award-winning biologist and longtime Harvard professor, died on Sunday at the age of 92.US scientist, professor, and author whose study of insects and clarion call to protect Earth earned him the nickname "Darwin's natural hair," died
Edward O. Wilson, considered the world's leading expert on ants, proved that their colonies communicate through a system of chemicals known today as pheromones
Climate change 2021: There’s no turning back now
Dedicated experts at COP26 hailed solid even historic advances in beating back the existential threat of global warming.Activist Greta Thunberg dismissed the two-week Glasgow summit as a 'greenwashing festival'
Gauging the efficacy of measures announced at the COP26 summit largely depends on the yard
Bird flu outbreak in Israel results in death of 2,000 cranes
More than 40,000 cranes are estimated to have remained in the area of northern Israel as 2000 have been dead...A bird flu outbreak has killed more than 2,000 wild cranes on a reserve in northern Israel
The virus affects Israel annually, but this year's outbreak is much larger than previous years
Top 10 weather disasters cost $20bn more than last year: NGO
Each year, UK charity Christian Aid calculates the cost of weather incidents like flooding, fires, and heat waves according to...Christian Aid said the upward trend reflects the effects of man-made climate change
It added that the 10 disasters in question also killed at least 1,075 people and displaced 1.3 million
James Webb telescope sets off to help map the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope was some three decades and billions of dollars in the making.Its mirror measures 6.5 meters in diameter — three times the size of the Hubble's mirror
Its orbit will also be much farther than Hubble, which has been 600 kilometers above the Earth since 1990
NASA telescope to launch a million-mile voyage.
The James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades in the making, will leave Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket...The James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades in the making, will leave Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana
The launch, scheduled in a brief window after 9:20 am (1220 GMT), will send the telescope on a month-long journey to its remote orbit
2021: UAE enters Mars orbit on first try
On February 9, the UAE announced that its exploratory probe, ‘Hope’ had successfully entered Mars' orbit, marking it the first...On February 9, the UAE announced that its exploratory probe, ‘Hope’ had successfully entered Mars' orbit, marking it the first Arab expedition to the Red Planet
The UAE became the fifth country to launch a Mars mission successfully and the third to enter Mars orbit on the first try
