WION Explains: Upcoming US, UK elections and the threat of AI-fuelled disinformation

Experts have raised concerns that next year’s elections in the UK and the US may be…

Just three planets down from Earth, this icy alien planet’s moons may be hiding oceans of salty water

Just three planets down from our home planet Earth lie Uranus — the seventh planet from…

Scientists discover fossil of giant 150kg penguin that walked the Earth 57 million years ago

The little tuxedo-wearing penguins of today were once huge. Don’t believe us? Well, a new study…

AI comes up with 40,000 toxic chemicals in 6 hours; scientists warn could be used to make biological weapons

Stealing artists’ work, helping students cheat on tests and now this. Scientists have warned that Artificial…

China develops ‘lobster eye’ telescope to scan the murky depths of the universe

Humanity’s knowledge of the universe is a constant effort to reach the farthest edges of what’s…

Fish feel ‘pain, stress and anxiety’, organisation introduces proposal for their ‘humane slaughter’

In a positive step for animal welfare, one of the world’s leading organisations for farmed seafood,…

‘Men are from Mars, women are from Venus’, which planet should humans visit first?

While Mars is the intended target for humanity’s first crewed mission to another planet, a group…

84.2% of pregnancy-related deaths in US could have been avoided with better care: CDC

A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that the majority…

Scientists sound alarm over virus that ‘latches onto humans’ just like Covid-19, and is vaccine resistant

A team of American virologists has identified a covid-like virus that is lurking in Russian bats and…

Freedom of expression?: Last year saw 1,648 books censored from US schools, Texas tops with 650+ bans

As per a new analysis, the past year saw hundreds of books; 801 to be exact,…