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Could an AI ‘SantaNet’ destroy the world?

Within the next few decades, according to some experts, we may see the arrival of the next step in the development of artificial intelligence...

The Indian family with no fingerprints

By Mir Sabbir Apu Sarker was showing his open palm to me on a video call from his home in Bangladesh. Nothing seemed unusual at...

Gingerbread monolith mysteriously appears in San Francisco

A mysterious monolith made of gingerbread reportedly appeared on a hill in San Francisco, California on Christmas Day.

Nela Zisser sets Guinness World Record for eating chicken nuggets

Nela Zisser, a medical student, still found time to be an eating champ.

Uganda Lake Albert boat accident leaves many dead

A boat accident on Lake Albert on the border of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo left at least 26 people dead.

Millions of Americans face unemployment benefits lapse

Millions of Americans face going without unemployment benefits after Saturday amid a political standoff over a $900 billion (£665b) stimulus package.

How Biden can root out racism in criminal justice in US

By Karl A. Racine & Miriam Aroni Krinsky*

This team of high schoolers is building accessibility with free, 3D-printed prosthetics

For this first time in his life, Pete Peeks was able to use both hands to hang Christmas lights outside his house this year...

China to leapfrog US as world’s biggest economy by 2028: Think tank

China will overtake the United States to become the world's biggest economy in 2028, five years earlier than previously estimated due to the contrasting...

‘It’s as if we’ve learned nothing’: Alarm over Amazon road project

Brazilian activists have voiced alarm over their government’s plans to bulldoze a 94-mile highway through a biodiverse corner of the Amazon along the border...

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