The first private spacewalk led by a tech billionaire gets underway
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CNNHuman foot found on Everest may hold key to one of mountaineering’s greatest mysteries
When a National Geographic documentary team discovered a boot and sock sticking out of a melting glacier on Mount Everest in September, they almost immediately recognized its significance as a clue to a century-old mystery.
- The Independent
Nasa spacecraft receives laser signal from 290 million miles away
Breakthrough could transform our exploration of the solar system, space agency says
- The Independent
‘Advanced’ construction technology found at 5000-year-old Stone Age site in Denmark
Funnel Beaker Culture site may hold one of the earliest insulated cellars constructed in Europe to preserve food
- PA Media: UK News
British Everest explorer’s ‘remains’ found 100 years after disappearance
Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine was the youngest member of the 1924 Mount Everest expedition and was lost on the upper slopes of the mountain in June that year.
- CBC
Great white shark found dead on Haida Gwaii
A great white shark has been found dead on the coast of Haida Gwaii in northern B.C..It was discovered by Mike Miles, who says he saw it while driving just south of Tlell, B.C., off Haida Gwaii's east coast."I thought I was seeing a young orca, then thought it was a beaked whale," he told CBC News via text message. "Then, a great white shark! Cool and a bit sad."He reported it to the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), which has confirmed the species, saying it was a male measuring
- Evening Standard
British explorer Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine’s partial remains believed to be found on Mount Everest after 100 years
Mystery of disappearance of climber Andrew ‘Sandy’ Irvine appears to have been solved 100 years on
- Barrons.com
AI Researchers Won 2 Nobel Prizes. Why They Disagree on the Technology’s Risks.
AI played a major role in two of the Nobel Prizes handed out this year for scientific discoveries. The winners disagree in how the technology should be regulated.
- Associated Press
AI is having its Nobel moment. Do scientists need the tech industry to sustain it?
Hours after the artificial intelligence pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won a Nobel Prize in physics, he drove a rented car to Google's California headquarters to celebrate. Then, early Wednesday, two employees of Google's AI division won a Nobel Prize in chemistry for using AI to predict and design novel proteins.
- TechCrunch
Researchers question AI's 'reasoning' ability as models stumble on math problems with trivial changes
This is a philosophical question as much as a practical one, but a new paper making the rounds Friday suggests that the answer is, at least for now, a pretty clear "no." A group of AI research scientists at Apple released their paper, "Understanding the limitations of mathematical reasoning in large language models," to general commentary Thursday. Then he picks 58 kiwis on Saturday.
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'Party atmosphere': Skygazers treated to another aurora show
Scientist Jim Wild has travelled to the Arctic Circle numerous times to study the northern lights, but on Thursday night he only needed to look out of his bedroom window in the English city of Lancaster.Wild said his neighbours had travelled to Norway twice to see the northern lights -- but had been foiled by clouds both times.
- Evening Standard
Nobel Prize 2024: Han Kang joins this week's winners
This year’s winners of the prestigious awards are being announced from October 7 to 14
- Fortune
Donald Trump is promising to bring back the America dream—but no one can agree on what it even is anymore
One thing's for sure: it's not about white picket fences anymore.
- CNN
The largest storm in our solar system is moving unexpectedly, scientists say
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot, the solar system’s largest storm, wiggles like gelatin and contracts like a stress ball, new observations from Hubble Space Telescope find.
- Futurism
NASA Is Mega Hyped About SpaceX's Imminent Starship Test Flight
Lunar Lodestar SpaceX is readying up for the next test flight of its Starship rocket — and NASA is officially pretty hyped about it, SpaceNews reports. The rocket's last test flight — the fourth — was in June, which saw both Starship's upper and lower stages survive re-entry. Now, after a long wait, the fifth […]
- The Telegraph
Discovery of climber’s boot could solve mystery of who conquered Everest first
The remains of a British mountaineer who may have climbed Everest 30 years before Sir Edmund Hillary have finally been discovered.
- Cinema Online
Michael Lai welcomes another baby
Gillian Chung's ex is now a father of a son and a daughter
- CNN
Iran engages in urgent diplomacy as it braces for Israel’s response to missile attacks
Iran’s government is extremely nervous and has been engaging in urgent diplomatic efforts with countries in the Middle East to gauge whether they can reduce the scale of Israel’s response to its missile attack earlier this month and – if that fails – help protect Tehran, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
- Bloomberg
Singapore’s most famous home poses fresh headache for new PM
Prime Minister Lawrence Wong is confronting a fresh political headache over the colonial-era bungalow feuded over by the children of the Singapore’s revered former leader, Lee Kuan Yew.
- Associated Press
As Hezbollah and Israel battle on the border, Lebanon's army watches from the sidelines
Since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon, Israeli forces and Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while the Lebanese army has largely stood on the sidelines. It's not the first time the national army has found itself watching war at home from the discomfiting position of bystander. Lebanon's widely beloved army is one of the few institutions that bridge the country's sectarian and political divides.
- People
Prince George Was Born to Be King, but Apparently Has His Heart Set on Another Surprising Career Before That Happens
“That’s what I want to do when I grow up!” the 11-year-old reportedly said while in Norfolk with mom Kate Middleton