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A 113-million-year-old fossilized ant preserved in limestone, the world's oldest-known ant specimen, unearthed in northeastern Brazil as seen in this photograph released on April 24, 2025.
A 113-million-year-old fossilized ant preserved in limestone, the world's oldest-known ant specimen, unearthed in northeastern Brazil as seen in this photograph released on April 24, 2025.
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Oldest-known ant preserved in 113 million-year-old Brazilian fossil

This ant is roughly 13 million years older than the previous oldest-known ants, specimens found in France and Myanmar that were preserved in amber, which is fossilized tree sap.

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Where are all the aliens?: Fermi's Paradox explained

But given the age and vastness of the universe, a different question has long puzzled some scientists: why haven't we already come in contact with aliens?

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China pits humanoid robots against humans in half-marathon

Humanoid robots have made appearances at marathons in China over the past year, but this is the first time they have raced alongside humans.

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Elon Musk's Neuralink implants brain chip in first human

"Initial results show promising neuron spike detection," Musk said in a post on the social media platform X on Monday.

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Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on red planet

The findings from ground-penetrating radar observations conducted by the robotic rover substantiate previous orbital imagery and other data leading scientists to theorize that portions of Mars were once covered in water and may have harbored microbial life.

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NASA's historic Mars helicopter Ingenuity grounded for good

The fate of Ingenuity was sealed when imagery beamed back to Earth after its 72nd and final flight on Jan. 18 showed that a portion of one of the miniature whirligig's twin rotor blades had broken off, leaving it incapable of further operation, NASA officials said.

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Fit at 40: the revolutionary Apple Mac in numbers

Jobs, playing the showman inventor to perfection in a black suit and silver bow tie, opened a zipper bag in an auditorium in Cupertino, California, on January 24, 1984, and lifted out a lightweight computer that not only operated at the click of a button but also, thrillingly, talked.

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Japan's SLIM moon craft short on power after successful lunar landing

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said its Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed the moon's surface at around 12:20 a.m., but its solar panels were not able to generate electricity, possibly because they are angled wrong.

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Webb telescope discovers oldest black hole yet

The black hole was vigorously gobbling up its host galaxy just 430 million years after the birth of the universe during a period called the cosmic dawn, according to a study in the journal Nature.

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Meta joins rivals in pursuit of human-level AI

Sometimes called artificial general intelligence or AGI, the goal, given in an interview with The Verge, is to create AI that can problem solve and rationalize on the same level as humans.

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Google eliminates hundreds of jobs in advertising team tweak

The job cuts to its "large customer" sales team are intended to result in better support for small and medium size businesses advertising on Google's platform, according to the internet giant.

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2023's record heat partly driven by 'mystery' process: NASA scientist

But the record-shattering temperatures of 2023 have nonetheless alarmed scientists, and hint at some "mysterious" new processes that may be under way, NASA's top climatologist Gavin Schmidt tells AFP. 

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Meta toughens content curbs for teens on Instagram, Facebook

The changes come months after dozens of US states accused Meta of damaging the mental health of children and teens, and misleading users about the safety of its platforms.

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Rocket carrying American lunar lander arrives at launchpad

United Launch Alliance' Vulcan Centaur rocket rolled out in the morning to its launchpad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, preparing for its maiden flight to blast off on Monday at 2:18 am local time.

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Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before elections

With a hotly-contested local election in his home state of Rajasthan last November, and a national election due by May this year, the opportunity for his company, The Indian Deepfaker, is tremendous. But Jadoun was reluctant.

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AI-assisted piano allows disabled musicians to perform Beethoven

To assist players, the "Anybody's Piano" tracks the notes of the music and augments the performance by adding whatever keys are needed but not pressed. 

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Fossils show dismembered young dinosaurs in belly of T-rex cousin

Scientists said on Friday they have unearthed fossilized remains of a juvenile Gorgosaurus that was 5 to 7 years old and about 4.5 meters long, which included the animal's stomach contents, revealing its last meals.

1 year ago
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Lawsuit says Facebook, Instagram expose children to exploitation

The new suit comes less than two months after dozens of US states accused Facebook and Instagram owner Meta of profiting "from children's pain," damaging their mental health and misleading people about the safety of its platforms.

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Montreal research hub spearheads global AI ethics debate

OpenAI's recent dismissal and then rehiring a few days later of chief executive Sam Altman, who has been accused of downplaying risks in his push to advance its ChatGPT bot, illustrates some of the turmoil in the startup sector and fierce competition in the race to commercialize generative AI.

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Microsoft president says no chance of super-intelligent AI soon

The president of tech giant Microsoft said there is no chance of super-intelligent artificial intelligence being created within the next 12 months, and cautioned that the technology could be decades away.

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Spotify to change how it pays artists

With its announced changes, Spotify estimates it can generate around a billion dollars in additional revenue for artists over the next five years.

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Sam Altman joins Microsoft

"We look forward to getting to know Emmett Shear and OAI's new leadership team and working with them," Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella posted on social media platform X. He added Microsoft remains committed to its partnership with OpenAI.

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Brightest flash ever disturbed Earth's atmosphere last year

A massive burst of gamma rays from an enormous cosmic explosion around two billion light years away arrived at Earth on October 9, 2022, lighting up telescopes around the world.

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Euclid space telescope releases first images

Euclid blasted off in July on the world's first-ever mission aiming to investigate the enduring cosmic mysteries of dark matter and dark energy.

1 year ago
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Mexican Congress holds second UFO session featuring Peruvian mummies

At Tuesday's session, Maussan was more focused on proving the bodies, which were not on display this time, were not fake, ushering in a string of doctors who all said the bodies were those of real, once-living organisms.

1 year ago
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Tech firms struggle as Israel-Gaza falsehoods explode

While major world events typically trigger a deluge of falsehoods, researchers say the scale and speed with which misinformation proliferated online following the weekend's deadly assault on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas was unlike ever before.

1 year ago
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Japan startup develops 'Gundam'-like robot with $3 million price tag

Called ARCHAX after the avian dinosaur archaeopteryx, the robot has cockpit monitors that receive images from cameras hooked up to the exterior so that the pilot can manoeuvre the arms and hands with joysticks from inside its torso. 

1 year ago
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Start-up Atlas raises $27 mln for new nickel technology for EV batteries

US-based Atlas said it has come up with a way to treat a type of nickel ore usually used as an ingredient in stainless steel into a form that can be used for EV batteries with low emissions and no waste.

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Mysterious antimatter observed falling down for first time

The experiment was hailed as "huge milestone", though most physicists anticipated the result, and it had been predicted by Einstein's 1915 theory of relativity.

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ChatGPT can now search for data on the internet

Until now, ChatGPT's responses to user queries were based on a vast database, which did not contain information from after August 2021.

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US astronaut Rubio says 'good to be home' after landing in Kazakhstan

Their Soyuz MS-23 capsule undocked from the ISS a minute earlier than scheduled, and took around three and a half hours to make it down to Earth, landing southeast of the city of Zhezqazghan.

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Tech giants roll back misinformation curbs ahead of 2024 polls

Whether it is YouTube scrapping a key misinformation policy or Facebook altering fact checking controls, the social media giants are demonstrating a certain lassitude with being the sheriffs of the internet Wild West.

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Likely asteroid debris found upon opening of returned NASA probe

Researchers "found black dust and debris on the avionics deck of the Osiris-Rex science canister when the initial lid was removed today," the US space agency said, though without specifying whether they definitely belonged to the asteroid.

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