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It’s still 2024, but scientists are already confident 2025 will be in top three warmest on record | Science, Climate & Tech News
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It is not even Christmas yet: trees are still being decorated, turkeys are yet to be defrosted and Christmas puddings remain intact. But though 2024 is not even out, scientists already have a handle on how hot 2025 will be. Next year’s global average temperature is likely to be the third-highest on record – going…
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Landmark Paris Agreement ‘more fragile’ than ever, UK’s top climate diplomat warns | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The world’s landmark Paris Agreement is “more fragile” than it has ever been and disagreements risk “imploding” it, the UK’s climate ambassador has warned. The seminal treaty obliges countries to produce regular plans on how they will cut greenhouse gas emissions in order to slow climate change. Since it was signed in 2015, predicted levels…
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Scotland’s Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, Rum Igneous Complex and Barrow Zones join list of world’s top geology locations | UK News
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Three Scottish sites have been included in a new list of internationally important geological locations. The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy, the Rum Igneous Complex, and the Barrow Zones have been selected for the International Union of Geological Sciences’ second list of 100 geological heritage sites. As with the first 100, these sites are deemed…
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Supermoon set to rise this week: Top tips for amateur photographers | Science & Tech News
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A supermoon will rise over the horizon on Monday night. Supermoons occur when a full moon rises during its closest point in its orbit to the Earth. They look huge, bright… and very photogenic. So where do you start if you want to begin snapping the night sky? Welsh astrophotographer Dafydd Wynn Morgans has been…
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UK is top destination in Europe for tech sector venture capital investment | Business News
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The GDP figures were not the only encouraging piece of news to cross the desk of Rachel Reeves, the new chancellor, on Thursday. There was also news that the UK has retained its crown as the number one destination in Europe for investment by venture capital in the tech sector. Money latest: People with coeliac…
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Samiran Gupta: Top X (Twitter) boss in India ‘resigns’ – amid court battle over content removal | Science & Tech News
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Social media platform X’s most senior employee in India has resigned ahead of the country’s elections, as the company fights the government in court over content removal, according to the Reuters news agency. In his role as head of policy for India and South Asia for the site, formerly known as Twitter, Samiran Gupta “enabled…
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‘Ethical’ use of AI to be incorporated into teaching and assessment, top universities say | UK News
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Some of the country’s top universities will adapt their teaching and learning to incorporate the “ethical” use of artificial intelligence A set of principles that will help universities take advantage of AI has been published by The Russell Group – which includes institutions such as Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol and Durham. Backed by the vice chancellors…
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Sony World Photography Award 2023 winner turns down top prize after admitting his image was created with AI | Science & Tech News
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The winner of a major photography award has turned down the prize after admitting the image he submitted was created by artificial intelligence. German artist Boris Eldagsen’s entry, entitled Pseudomnesia: The Electrician, was awarded a Sony World Photography Award last week in the creative open category. In a statement on his website, the artist said…
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God Of War Ragnarok sweeps BAFTA Games Awards as indie sleeper hit Vampire Survivors takes top prize | Ents & Arts News
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PlayStation action epic God Of War Ragnarok has dominated the BAFTA Games Awards, winning six of the 14 awards it was in the running for. The action adventure, with its stunning landscape, Norse gods and monsters, won best animation, audio achievement, music, while its stars – Christopher Judge and Laya DeLeon Hayes – won best…
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The Sims 4: Life simulation video game adds top surgery scars, hearing aids and binders to character choices | Ents & Arts News
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The Sims 4 has added a selection of inclusive upgrades including hearing aids, top surgery scars and shapewear in their latest update. One of the best-selling video games of all time, The Sims allows players to recreate the lives of virtual people living in a suburban neighbourhood. It was first released in 2000. The game,…