Independent Analysis and Reportage
In tests, some AI systems resisted being shut down. But an instinct to stay “alive” isn’t the reason they behaved that way.
South Korea’s unusually rapid transition to a super-aged society means it has had little time to find solutions for pension funding and healthcare for the elderly.
As dengue spreads further outside its normal tropical zones, doctors and patients need to know what to watch for.
The nation’s first successful circulating library was established almost 300 years ago by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia.
Universities and colleges won’t necessarily pay students to sleep. But they can offer other incentives that encourage them to close their eyes earlier.
The results for the UK nations are mixed.
Prediction markets offer the chance to speculate on the outcome of a sports match or election.
On the Strait of Hormuz seabed are vital communication cables linking Gulf states with the rest of the world.
Trump has approached governing through the same framework as his former business portfolio, where he casts the US as a flagship holding whose value he was elected to increase.
Job preparation through internships matters more than ever for young people amid a precarious and fast-changing job market.
Smallpox DNA from two people buried in Chile reveals the virus’s arrival through European colonisation – but recreating it would require deliberate laboratory work.
Europe is not facing a scarcity problem but a recovery challenge, and one that can be solved.