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Humans are living longer and longer. Currently, the oldest living person in the world is American-born Spanish supercentenarian Maria Branyas Morera. At 116 years old, she is the 22nd-oldest…

A 'dog flu' virus is 'creeping' towards being able to spill over into humans, concerned scientists have warned. The mutated form of a type of avian influenza, H3N2, first infected dogs around 2006.Since then it has established itself in…

As wildfire risk rises in the West, wildland firefighters and officials are keeping a closer eye on the high mountains – regions once considered too wet to burn. The growing fire risk in these areas became startling clear in 2020,…

Nothing can beat the human mind — not even AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT, says Narayana Murthy, founder of Indian information technology services giant Infosys, in an exclusive interview.The internet is abuzz with all the things that…

Penny, a 3-year-old sorrel mare with a white blaze, had been slobbering her feed and fighting her bit, signs of a likely toothache. An exam confirmed that she needed two wolf teeth extracted and the sharp edges of some molars ground down,…

Artificial intelligence has changed form in recent years.What started in the public eye as a burgeoning field with promising (yet largely benign) applications, has snowballed into a more than US $100 billion industry where the heavy…

By Madhumita Gokhale BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's economy will slow considerably this fiscal year as the global economic slowdown impedes domestic growth prospects, according to a Reuters poll, which showed inflation…

Guessing that happens at an intense level at dinner time.That’s not just in English-speaking cultures. The study used participants from around the world: England, Italy, Poland, Russia and the villages of rural Ecuador, Ghana, Laos, and…

Researchers have designed a low-cost, energy-efficient robotic hand that can grasp a range of objects – and not drop them using just the movement of its wrist and the feeling in…