Science

Hongkongers to get chance to talk to city’s first astronaut in next 2 months

Hong Kong’s first astronaut is expected to chat with residents from the lofty heights of the Tiangong space station in the next two months, the city’s technology minister has said. Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry Sun Dong…

Scientists decipher ancient origins of the Euphrates River and uncover how it first formed

HYDERABAD: While industrialists noted some positive budgetary proposals, leaders of the farming community complained…

HYDERABAD: While industrialists noted some positive budgetary proposals, leaders of the farming community complained that the agriculture sector was largely ignored. Sindh Chamber of Agriculture Senior Vice President Nabi Bux Sathio said…

Satellite images reveal missing Antarctic ice the 'size of France'

Scientists say a chunk of winter sea ice the size of France off the Antarctic coast has failed to form this year.

MCP solved tool calling. A2A solved coordination. What solves transport?

The history of distributed computing is one of protocol proliferation followed by consolidation. Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), Java remote method invocation (RMI), and early…

Analysis: Deal is ‘first step, not final breakthrough’

SIGNALS from the US and Iran that a framework agreement could be signed as early as this weekend are being viewed in Washington policy circles not as a final breakthrough but as the start of a tightly managed and uncertain negotiation…

Late-night ride in client’s Mercedes turns fatal for car dealer, friend in Bengaluru

A late-night drive in a Mercedes-Benz SUV tragically ended near Hoskote after crashing into a divider on the Satellite Town Ring Road. The driver, car dealer Rizwan, was found in a water body, while his companion, Saajiya, died at the…

SMOKERS’ CORNER: LAHORE VS KARACHI

Illustration by Abro The tiresome and perpetually ill-informed debate regarding the supposed superiority of Lahore over Karachi manifests with regularity across social media. It is contested as if it were a zero-sum existentialist…

Nigerian Tech Firm To Launch Platform to Connect Lecturers with Global Teaching Opportunities

A Nigerian technology innovation company, VaKYum Innovation, is set to launch a groundbreaking product aimed at transforming the landscape of global academic recruitment and remote education. The product, named ‘Lecturiing’, is a…

Amazon’s CEO reportedly triggered the government crackdown that shut down Anthropic’s most powerful AI

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy was reportedly the source of security concerns that led the US government to force Anthropic to shut down Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for every customer on Friday. The Wall Street Journal reported that Jassy told Treasury…

Nearly half of UK girls saw harmful social media content in a week, research shows

New safety measures had little effect so far, study finds, with Starmer expected to announce under-16s ban Nearly half of girls and a third of all teenagers saw suicide, self-harm and eating disorder content on social media in a week, a…

Denial is back in vogue. As Australia leads climate talks, it’s beyond time we took the issue seriously

It is unlikely that many voters are flocking to Pauline Hanson for her scientific insights – but that is where they are lining up, regardless Want to get this in your inbox when it publishes? Sign up for the Clear Air Australia newsletter…