Science & Technology Report - Changing Our World

Philosophers have pondered whether we live in a simulation for centuries. Now, Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans suggests a compelling rationale for why our reality might actually be synthetic

Don’t let your mystery rash become AI training fodder—or turn up in a data breach

South Korea's New Invention Could Washing Machine Forever

It’s time to bring ‘pee-cycling’ back September 25, 2026 Every time you go to the toilet, you could be flushing away a valuable resource – your urine. Today, we see urine as a waste product – but that wasn’t always the case. Historically, it was a highly valued commodity, used to dye cloth, tan leather and make gunpowder. Roman writer Pliny the Elder even recommended people use it to whiten their teeth (though don’t try that one at home). But now, we see our pee as an unseemly bodily fluid that

One of Anthropic’s earliest investors, Jaan Tallinn dances hip-hop and warns about ‘racing to build a technology that could end humanity’

Amazon blocked the Muse app from shopping on its site, and privacy and security concerns are mounting

Canadian AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio and the heads of two major American AI

On the eve of its 9th anniversary, the iPhone X is officially relegated to the junk drawer.

Scientists have identified a key point in the feeding cycle when supermassive black holes launch powerful jets and outflows. The finding could help researchers understand how black holes grow and how they influence the galaxies around them.

Boston College psychology professor Peter Gray’s new book argues that change in curriculum and achievement culture has more to do with teen anxiety than social media

Warnings about the risks AI poses to humans have triggered a heated global