The founder and chief executive of the Telegram messaging service, Pavel Durov, was arrested in France over the weekend. The reports said police detained Durov Saturday night at Le Bourget airport in Paris. Durov holds citizenship in both France and...
The American space agency NASA has launched an instrument to measure the world's carbon and methane levels in an effort to help fight climate change. The instrument is attached to a satellite called Tanager-1. It launched August 16 aboard a SpaceX Fa...
An international group of astronomers has joined efforts seeking to establish a separate time zone for the moon. The French-based International Astronomical Union (IAU) recently approved a resolution on the matter during the group's General Assembly...
How to Keep Your Chatbot Activity More Private Operators of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot tools have made it clear that users' requests can be saved and used to further develop the AI systems. But what if a user does not want that? Some tools...
An American newspaper reporter has resigned from his job after it was discovered that he used an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to create false quotes for stories. Aaron Pelczar worked for the Cody Enterprise, a newspaper based in the town of Cody...
A new study provides evidence that Mars contains a large ocean deep beneath its surface. The finding is based on data collected by the InSight Lander, a robotic explorer operated by the American space agency NASA. InSight, which landed in 2018, was d...
The idea of turning Mars into a livable world for humans is a common element of science fiction. But could such an action be done in real life? Scientists are now proposing a new method to warm up Earth's planetary neighbor. The idea involves putting...
Google has added a new tool that permits Android users to create digital versions of many kinds of identification (ID) cards and event passes for device wallets. The tool is part of the Google Wallet app. It was first announced in May along with othe...
New research shows that water temperatures in and around Australia's Great Barrier Reef have risen to their warmest in 400 years over the past 10 years. The rising temperatures have put the world's largest reef under threat. The Great Barrier Reef is...
Like other 3D printers, the Vulcan printer puts down layer by layer of materials to build an object. However, this printer is more than 13.7 meters wide and prints homes for people to live in. This summer, the robotic printer from the homebuilder ICO...
Scientists say new examinations of soil collected on the moon suggest its atmosphere might have been created by repeated meteorite strikes. Researchers studying the moon first used instruments to confirm it had an atmosphere in the early 1970s. The A...
A new study finds that the glaciers across the Andes in South America are shrinking at a speed not seen before in the history of human civilization. This discovery surprised scientists. At first, they only planned to study the current conditions of g...
Two American astronauts could remain at the International Space Station (ISS) until February if the spacecraft that transported them cannot be fixed to safely bring them home. The U.S. space agency NASA said last week it had not yet made return plans...
Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered ancient bone remains of an early human species that stood about one meter tall. These early humans became popularly known as hobbits. The name comes for the small humanlike creatures tha...
Extremely small pieces of plastic called microplastics are in the ocean and the air, as well as in our food and water. Scientific study has discovered microplastics in human body tissues also, including the heart, liver and kidneys. Some researchers...
