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Tourists beat the heat with 'magical' Colosseum night tours

The Colosseum has extended opening hours at night this summer to allow more visitors to see the famous Roman amphitheatre in cooler temperatures after sunset.

As millions gazed in awe, a swathe of Spain plunged into darkness

The total eclipse plunged a vast swathe of Spain from broad daylight into darkness Wednesday, drawing awed gasps and applause from spectators gathered in parks and cities across the country.

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From allies to enemies: the cost of a Musk-Trump split

The bitter clash between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has drawn a spotlight on the South African-born tycoon's businesses.

Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans

SpaceX's rockets ferry US astronauts to the International Space Station. Its Starlink satellite constellation blankets the globe with broadband, and the company is embedded in some of the Pentagon's most sensitive projects, including tracking hypersonic missiles.  

Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing

Japan's hopes of achieving its first soft touchdown on the Moon by a private company were dashed Friday when the mission was aborted after an assumed crash-landing, the startup said.

Renowned Mars expert says Trump-Musk axis risks dooming mission

Robert Zubrin quite literally wrote the book on why humanity should go to Mars -- so why has the renowned aerospace engineer soured on Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur leading the charge?

The promise and peril of a crewed Mars mission

A crewed mission to Mars would rank among the most complex and costly undertakings in human history -- and US President Donald Trump has vowed to make it a national priority.

In row with Trump, Musk says will end critical US spaceship program

SpaceX chief Elon Musk said Thursday he would begin "decommissioning" his company's Dragon spacecraft -- vital for ferrying NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station -- after President Donald Trump threatened to terminate his government contracts.

Japanese startup attempts Moon landing

A Japanese startup will attempt a tricky lunar touchdown on Friday with an unmanned lander named Resilience, two years after its first try which crashed onto the Moon's surface.

Albania town where everything's coming up roses

In Permet, deep in the spectacular Vjosa Valley of southern Albania, roses rule supreme, whether used to make perfumes, flavoured water or the Turkish delights sought out by thousands of sweet-toothed tourists.

Fighter pilot takes next giant step for India's space plans

Astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla blasts off into space next week as the first Indian to join the International Space Station (ISS), bearing with him New Delhi's dreams of its own manned space flight.

Saudis use AI, drones and thousands of cameras to keep hajj pilgrims safe

Working day and night in front of maps, screens and seemingly endless data, Saudi officials have harnessed artificial intelligence to help manage the million-strong sea of pilgrims during the hajj.

Huge planet discovered orbiting tiny star puzzles scientists

Astronomers announced Wednesday they have discovered a massive planet orbiting a tiny star, a bizarre pairing that has stumped scientists.

US labor unions fight to contain AI disruption

As artificial intelligence threatens to upend entire sectors of the economy, American labor unions are scrambling to protect workers, demand corporate transparency, and rally political support—an uphill battle in a rapidly changing world.

Coral frozen in time throws lifeline for Great Barrier Reef

Rows of tanks filled with liquid nitrogen sit in temperature-controlled chambers at Sydney's Taronga zoo, cradling parts of the Great Barrier Reef's diverse and magnificent corals frozen in time.

FINOS Welcomes Microsoft as First Cloud Provider to Join Governing Board, Deepening Cross-Industry Open Source Collaboration in Financial Services

Together with GitHub, Microsoft elevates its membership to Platinum to accelerate critical initiatives to foster compliant open source, cloud and AI adoption in financial services.

Milky Way may not be destroyed in galactic smash-up after all

The Milky Way may not have a catastrophic collision with another huge galaxy as has been predicted, computer simulations revealed Monday, giving our home galaxy a coin-flip chance of avoiding destruction.

In a hotter future, what comes after coral reefs die?

The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, most are expected to die.

GoodData Unveils AI-Powered Smart Search

A Universal Search Experience That Brings Speed, Simplicity, and Context to Business Intelligence

Experts point out how TV's Dr House often got it wrong

He's the maverick medic who loved to confound the medical establishment with his brilliant, unorthodox diagnoses.

Generative AI's most prominent skeptic doubles down

Two and a half years since ChatGPT rocked the world, scientist and writer Gary Marcus still remains generative artificial intelligence's great skeptic, playing a counter-narrative to Silicon Valley's AI true believers.

The hunt for mysterious 'Planet Nine' offers up a surprise

It's an evocative idea that has long bedevilled scientists: a huge and mysterious planet is lurking in the darkness at the edge of our solar system, evading all our efforts to spot it.

Meta AI bot used a billion times monthly: Mark Zuckerberg

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg touted the tech firm's generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) assistant on Wednesday, telling shareholders it is used by a billion people each month across its platforms.

GoodData Rolls Out AI Assistant: Embeddable Generative Analytics You Can Trust

Next-Gen Conversational Analytics Now Available, Secure, and Fully Embeddable

Starship megarocket blows up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test

SpaceX's prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping another bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire Elon Musk's dream of colonizing Mars.

IPRoyal Survey Highlights Inflation as Top Driver of Retail Pricing Decisions Amid Margin Pressure

Outdated Manual Tracking Holds Back Pricing Agility as 95% of Companies Face Price-Sensitive Customers

SpaceX launches Starship rocket on latest test flight

SpaceX's Starship megarocket, the linchpin of founder Elon Musk's ambitions to colonize Mars, blasted off on its latest test mission Tuesday after the vessel's last two outings ended in fiery explosions.

Webb telescope captures deep view of ancient galaxies

The James Webb space telescope's deepest view of a single target yet depicts spinning arcs of light that are galaxies from the universe's distant past, the European Space Agency said Tuesday.

SpaceX set for next Starship launch after fiery failures

SpaceX is set Tuesday for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket -- the linchpin of founder Elon Musk's Mars ambitions -- after the vessel's last two outings ended in fiery explosions.

GoodData Launches GoodData AI: Embed, Extend, and Scale Analytics with AI

AI-Native Analytics Platform That Understands Your Business - and Your Developers

Brazil's truth-teller Mendonca Filho's double Cannes win

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho, whose thriller "The Secret Agent" won two prizes at the Cannes film festival Saturday, revels in getting under the skin of his homeland.

Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet

When astronomers announced last month they might have discovered the most promising hints of alien life yet on a distant planet, the rare good news raised hopes humanity could soon learn we are not alone in the universe.

Anthropic's Claude AI gets smarter -- and mischievious

Anthropic launched its latest Claude generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models on Thursday, claiming to set new standards for reasoning but also building in safeguards against rogue behavior.

After two setbacks, SpaceX could try to launch massive Starship next week

SpaceX said Friday it will make another launch attempt next week of the massive Starship rocket -- key to CEO Elon Musk's long-term vision of colonizing Mars -- after two consecutive in-flight explosions earlier this year.

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