Month: January 2026

A study suggests that a person’s internal body clock may influence dementia risk, with weaker circadian rhythms — characterised by greater disruption and irregularity — being associated with a higher…

Seasonal influenza activity remained elevated and ‍rose in the final week of December, U.S. ​Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed ‌on Monday, as the agency for ​the first…

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AI competes in an increasingly crowded generative AI market against OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, among others | Photo Credit: REUTERS Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI announced Tuesday it has…

Meta announced new features for the glasses and its Meta Neural Band wrist ⁠device at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas | Photo Credit: REUTERS Meta said on…

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Wednesday (January 7, 2026), the United States Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning or immediate…

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Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing a backlash from governments around the world after a recent surge in sexualised images of women and children generated without consent by the…

Venezuela’s interim leader Delcy Rodriguez insisted on Tuesday (January 6, 2026) no foreign power was governing her country, even as U.S. President Donald Trump announced Caracas will be swiftly turning…

Imagine a diamond. You probably thought of a clear and flawless gemstone used in jewellery. But to a physicist, a perfect diamond might actually be quite boring. Something magical happens…