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First Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine to start human trials in the UK

Scientists in Oxford will start to test the world's first vaccine against Bundibugyo Ebola, as an outbreak of the rare virus strain continues to spread across Congo and Uganda.

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Top computer scientist: ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini don't understand a word they say

Top computer scientist: ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini don't understand a word they say

Computer scientist Peter J. Denning argues Alan Turing's 1950 paper sent AI down the wrong road. In his new book, he says two Turing assumptions—that intelligence needs no body, and that imitation proves thought—have misled 75 years of…

National bullion bank accumulates 153 tons of gold: ministry

National bullion bank accumulates 153 tons of gold: ministry

Indonesia's national gold bank, or bullion ecosystem, has accumulated approximately 153 tons of gold in the 17 ...

New Horizons travelled 3 billion miles to Pluto but could not stop there

New Horizons travelled 3 billion miles to Pluto but could not stop there

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft completed its swift flyby of Pluto after a nine-year journey. The mission prioritized data collection over live communication during the brief encounter. Scientists received approximately 50 billion bits of…

Egg-free school meals introduced by BJP govt scramble politics in India's West Bengal

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Egg-free school meals introduced by BJP govt scramble politics in India's West Bengal

Teacher Raja Dey fears attendance might drop now that government-run schools have stopped serving eggs for lunch in his eastern Indian state, a dietary change that has stirred a political storm. The humble egg, a popular food in West…

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'London Rule' that explains why AI researchers are leaving Google for Anthropic & OpenAI

'London Rule' that explains why AI researchers are leaving Google for Anthropic & OpenAI

Four senior AI researchers have left Google DeepMind in under two weeks, joining rivals Anthropic and OpenAI. The common thread isn't pay—it's London. UK non-compete rules, enforceable unlike in California, explain why Nobel laureate John…

Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan's tourist jewel tested by development and climate change

France 24

Gilgit-Baltistan: Pakistan's tourist jewel tested by development and climate change

In just a few decades, the Hunza Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, a remote mountainous region of northern Pakistan, has undergone a dramatic transformation. Expanded access to education, improved healthcare and strong local development have…

France 24

4,000-year-old noodles found in China challenge food history

4,000-year-old noodles found in China challenge food history

Archaeologists discovered 4000-year-old noodles at the Lajia archaeological site. These ancient strands were found preserved inside an upside-down bowl under sediment. This find shifted the chronological axis of noodle history to a much…

Culture Ministry, Danantara cooperate strengthening culture ecosystem

Culture Ministry, Danantara cooperate strengthening culture ecosystem

The Indonesian Ministry of Culture and the sovereign wealth fund Danantara Indonesia signed a memorandum of ...

Man charged with murder over death in Victoria's east

ABC News

Man charged with murder over death in Victoria's east

A 43-year-old man has been charged with murder following the discovery of the body of a 58-year-old Morwell man in Victoria's east at the weekend.

ABC News

China's Peking University develops light-linked chips that run AI 149 times faster than a GPU

VnExpress

China's Peking University develops light-linked chips that run AI 149 times faster than a GPU

Researchers at Peking University have run an AI inference task nearly 149 times faster than a single GPU while using about one-ninth of its computing power.

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Rare fossil goose may rewrite story of New Zealand’s giant flightless birds

Rare fossil goose may rewrite story of New Zealand’s giant flightless birds

A new fossil goose species, Meterchen luti, was discovered in ancient lake deposits. This finding challenges previous assumptions about New Zealand's bird evolution and its history. Scientists re-examined existing goose fossils and…