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Kratos is the call sign of one of the leading drone pilots in Ukraine. As part of the Aquila regiment, 3rd Army Corps, he has taken down almost 1000 enemy drones ...

To succeed at scale, quantum computing must differentiate itself from AI, says columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan. But the ...

A phenomenon known as true polar wander, different to the movement of the magnetic poles, may be more common and more dramatic than previously known ...

Most of the drones being used by Russia in the war with Ukraine are controlled by cables several tens of kilometres long. A ...

Dried amniotic membranes from donated placentas can be wrapped around delicate nerves during prostate cancer surgery to ...

With a new book from the late primatologist Frans de Waal and a deep dive into artificial intelligence from New York Times ...

SpaceX’s changing priorities, the war in Ukraine and a lack of competitors are all causing a launch crisis that might last ...

There’s no question AI has transformed the field of mathematics in the past few months. Columnist Jacob Aron wonders if it will soon be impossible to be an AI refusenik and continue working in the fie ...