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Thursday briefing: Search underway after catastrophic mid-air collision over Potomac river
Good morning. Late last night near Washington DC, a jet carrying 64 people collided with a US army helicopter above the Potomac river. A frantic rescue operation got underway quickly and was still continuing a few minutes ago, with the precise number of fatalities unclear but multiple bodies seen being …
‘Groundbreaking’: scientists develop patch that can repair damaged hearts
Damaged hearts can literally be patched up to help them work, say researchers, in what has been hailed as a groundbreaking development for people with advanced heart failure.
, heart failure affects more than 64 million people worldwide, with causes including heart attacks, …Trump asks Musk to bring back two astronauts ‘stranded’ on space station
Donald Trump has asked Elon Musk’s SpaceX to bring back two astronauts “stranded” in space, despite Nasa saying they are not stranded and will return to Earth by the end of March.
Trump said that he had asked Musk and SpaceX to get “the 2 brave astronauts who have been …
DeepSeek advances could heighten safety risk, says ‘godfather’ of AI
The potential for artificial intelligence systems to be used for malicious acts is increasing, according to a landmark report by AI experts, with one of the study’s authors warning that DeepSeek and other disruptors could heighten the safety risk.
Yoshua Bengio, regarded as one of the godfathers of modern AI, …
Vets urged to cut back on flea treatments amid UK biodiversity fears
Vets need to stop “profiteering” by giving dogs and cats preventive flea treatments that are wiping out insects and songbirds, according to a well-known scientist.
The standard practice in the UK at present is to advise that customers take a preventative approach, treating their pets every couple of months even …
Green transition should benefit ordinary Londoners, says deputy mayor
Working-class people and those from ethnic minorities will benefit most from a range of environmental policies being implemented in London, the capital’s deputy mayor has said.
Mete Coban, 32, grew up in a council flat in the borough of Hackney and saw for himself the difficulties the lack of green …
Reeves plans to create ‘Silicon Valley’ between Oxford and Cambridge
Rachel Reeves is unveiling plans to create “Europe’s Silicon Valley” between Oxford and Cambridge as she stakes the government’s success on kickstarting economic growth and putting more pounds in people’s pockets.
The chancellor will announce a blueprint to improve infrastructure across the region that will add up to £78bn to …
Climate triple whammy boosted risk of LA fires, study shows
A triple whammy of climate impacts boosted the risk of the ferocious fires that recently ravaged Los Angeles, a scientific study has shown.
Firstly, the hot, dry and windy conditions that drove the fires were made 35% more likely by the global heating caused by fossil fuel burning. Secondly, the …
Who is behind DeepSeek and how did it achieve its AI ‘Sputnik moment’?
After years of worrying in the US that its artificial intelligence ambitions could be leapfrogged by Beijing, the biggest threat to Silicon Valley’s hegemony has come not from one of China’s big four tech firms, but from a previously little known start-up.
Rather than Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent or Xiaomi topping …