Technology

A new online tool aims to help tackle the country's mental health crisis among kids.A 2019 study from Jama Network found children who spent more than three hours a day on social media were at...

When Napoleon’s half-million-strong army retreated from Russia in 1812, around half the men were wiped out by disease, starvation...

In 2002, artificial intelligence was still in winter. Despite decades of effort, dreams of bestowing computers with humanlike cognition and real-world understanding had not materialized. To look for a way forward, a small group of scientists gathered for “The...

On 29 August 1949, the Soviet Union successfully tested its first nuclear weapon. Over the next year and a half, U.S. President Harry S. Truman resurrected the Office of Civilian Defense (which had been abolished at the end of...

Ned Davies, Shayan Sardarizadeh & Matt MurphyBBC VerifyGetty ImagesSocial media companies ​​are blocking wide-ranging content - including posts about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza - in an attempt to comply with the UK's new Online Safety Act, BBC...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a vagus nerve stimulator for rheumatoid arthritis – the first...

We may have discovered a fundamental cause of cellular ageing that underlies many other ageing processes in cells. A study...

We have gone further than ever before in creating life that is unlike anything that has evolved naturally. The...

With US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. already shaking up federal vaccine policy, some states are stepping in to preserve access to lifesaving shots in anticipation of further changes.The federal government has historically had a...

The Trump administration is attempting to end the US government’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions by arguing they...