4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (424+ words) The collapse came during the Langtang region's fourth-hottest summer on record. Paris, France, Sept 8, 2026 (AFP) — The mountain section whose collapse triggered fatal floods in Nepal and China on August 26 had experienced unprecedented heat for the time of year, meteorological data…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (522+ words) For Toronto and Canada, forecasters say it will mean a milder winter Good weather news for people who hate winter in Toronto? Bad weather news for the rest of the world and maybe parts of Canada? There’s a 100% chance that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (310+ words) Thousands of users also reported problems with Claude, Gemini and Grok Multiple artificial intelligence services went down Thursday, putting a kibosh on people’s workday or leisure use of the programs. OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence chatbot that helps answer people’s…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (409+ words) Star S301 is two billion times fainter than the star Betelgeuse in our sky Astronomers have discovered the fastest star in the Milky Way zooming at 25,000 kilometres a second around the supermassive black hole at the centre of our galaxy. The…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (534+ words) Paris (France) (AFP) — Peppercorn-sized clumps of human brain cells grown in a lab for a record seven years aged similarly to those inside our heads, suggesting they “recorded the passage of time,” scientists said Wednesday. These tiny clumps called organoids…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (638+ words) Beijing, Aug 19, 2026 (AFP) — Robots sorting parcels and serving fried chicken enthralled visitors at a robotics expo in Beijing on Wednesday, where hundreds of companies set out their pitches for a future labour market transformed by artificial intelligence. The Chinese government…...