Japanese cities are experiencing "cruelly hot days," a new meteorological term devised this year to warn people of intense heat above 40°C (104°F). Emergency officials described the soaring temperatures on Wednesday as "a disaster."

For years, Synthesia’s pitch was to use AI to help enterprises create interactive training videos, in minutes, for a fraction of the cost normally associated with developing corporate educational materials. The startup’s newest product is making a different bet — that the real moat in enterprise AI isn’t just generating content, but in proving that it worked. 

Antibiotic resistance is becoming one of the most serious dangers facing modern medicine. As bacteria evolve, drugs that once worked reliably can lose their effectiveness. This makes common infections harder to treat and can increase the risks associated with routine surgery, cancer care, and other medical procedures.

Be keenly aware that AI is using its own values when deriving answers to your pressing questions.

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In today’s column, I examine the influence that internal “personal” values of AI have on how generative AI and large language models (LLMs) respond to users. I want to clarify that contemporary AI is not sentient and doesn’t have personal values akin to those of humans. This would be a bridge too far and a form of anthropomorphizing of AI. The phrasing is merely meant to be figurative.

In a study published in Economic Inquiry that analyzed debt and income across U.S. counties at the onset of the Great Recession in 2008, investigators uncovered evidence that debt may affect the likelihood of suicide.

Enzymes are proteins that can be harnessed for chemical manufacturing, but they are typically restricted to mild temperatures because proteins unfold and lose their function under heat. In new research published in Angewandte Chemie Novit, investigators found that a porous organic polymer can be used to encapsulate a lipase (a type of enzyme) and create a protective molecular cage that prevents enzyme denaturation, enabling efficient and recyclable reactions with high-melting solids at and above 100°C.

Celtic are reportedly poised to sign Paderborn's Mika Baur while agreeing a transfer to Ipswich Town for Daizen Maeda as Vanja Dragojević's switch to Rangers appears to be unofficially confirmed.

For the fifth day in a row activists with banners and flags protest against the resignation of Ukrainian Defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov during a rally near the monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko on July 20, 2026 in Lviv, Ukraine.

Former England bowler Stuart Broad says he understands Andy Flower's decision to turn down the England Test job, and is unsure over who the ECB turn to next, pondering whether the role has become "less attractive".