After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA’s Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun…
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In the past decade, AI’s success has led to uncurbed enthusiasm and bold claims – even though users frequently experience errors that AI makes.…
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become widely accepted as a tool that increases productivity. Yet the technology is far from mature. Large…
From automatically generated overviews to chatbots in spreadsheets, so-called artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into our watches, phones,…
The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment – and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD diagnoses…
South Africa opened its G20 presidency with an ambitious message for a world divided by conflict and economic strain: solidarity, equality and…
An experimental supersonic aircraft called the X-59 took to the skies for the first time in October. The plane lifted…
Bacteria are the most diverse organisms on Earth, with a number of species that’s difficult to quantify. They’re also incredibly old.…
As prominent artificial intelligence (AI) researchers eye limits to the current phase of the technology, a different approach is gaining attention: using living human…
Emerging middle-power countries like South Africa, India and Brazil face growing inequalities. At the same time, everyday lives are becoming…