As military tensions across the Taiwan Strait continue to rise, Taiwan is accelerating efforts to strengthen its defenses against a potential Chinese invasion. Among the island’s most closely watched initiatives is the “Hellscape” strategy—an asymmetric...

The August 12 total solar eclipse will create a spectacular celestial event across parts of the Northern Hemisphere, but two NASA aviators will experience something most people on the ground cannot: an unusually long period...

Artificial intelligence has helped scientists design functional viruses that have never existed in nature, marking a significant milestone in synthetic biology. While the achievement could accelerate the development of new treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections,...

Brittany Boltinhouse, who was crowned Miss North Carolina USA 2026 in June, has been stripped of her title less than two months into her reign. Pageant organizers announced the decision after what they described as...

Artificial intelligence has reached a point where researchers are no longer asking whether models can write code or answer questions. Instead, they’re asking a far more important question: What happens when AI agents are given...

The aviation term “loss of separation” has drawn renewed attention after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) launched an investigation into an incident involving President Donald Trump‘s Marine One helicopter and a commercial passenger aircraft near...

Apple is making it easier for consumers to access its latest devices without paying the full purchase price upfront. The company has introduced a new leasing programme that allows customers to use eligible Apple products...

Apple has explained why Telegram briefly disappeared from the App Store, ending widespread speculation that followed its temporary removal. The company says the app was taken down after a review identified content that violated its...

Everyone has a moment they’d love to redo, whether it’s a bombed job interview or something far bigger. Time travel stays firmly in science fiction for now, but physics itself doesn’t rule it out. In...

OpenAI’s ambitions to build one of the world’s largest AI infrastructure projects have revealed an unexpected challenge: despite being one of the most influential companies in artificial intelligence, it may not be able to finance...