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Taiwan opposition leader promotes cross-strait peace during US trip

Taiwan opposition leader promotes cross-strait peace during US trip Cheng Li-wun is in San Francisco at the start of a two-week US visit that is being closely monitored in Beijing, Taipei and Washington Cheng also held a closed-door meeting on Tuesday afternoon with scholars from Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, according to the KMT. Cheng said she hoped the first island chain, which marks the Chinese mainland’s closest seas to the wider Pacific, would “gradually transform from a...

Dino-killing asteroid may have fueled underground life for 8 million years

Dino-killing asteroid may have fueled underground life for 8 million years Gaby Clark Scientific Editor Robert Egan Associate Editor The asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs also created an underground environment suited to supporting new life, and new research suggests it lasted for millions of years longer than previously suspected. The finding has surprised the international team of researchers behind it, who came to their conclusions by pairing sophisticated new analysis...

'Shoot for the moon?' Aim a bit lower, researchers say

Heat breaks the rules at the nanoscale and scientists used it to their advantage

Heat breaks the rules at the nanoscale and scientists used it to their advantage Tiny gold-engineered structures let scientists dramatically boost and control heat flow, potentially transforming everything from computer chips to energy systems. - Date: - June 8, 2026 - Source: - College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University - Summary: - Scientists used nanoscale gold metamaterials to supercharge heat transfer across tiny gaps, achieving up to four times more energy flow than similar...

A hidden pollutant is changing how the world's forests breathe

A hidden pollutant is changing how the world's forests breathe - Date: - June 2, 2026 - Source: - Aarhus University - Summary: - A massive global analysis found that nitrogen pollution can either speed up or dramatically slow the natural "breathing" of forest soils, depending on the ecosystem's condition. The results reveal hidden tipping points that could affect how forests store carbon and cope with climate change. - Share: For centuries, forests have followed a remarkably consistent rhythm.

A golden age of maths is dawning and mathematicians are freaking out

I am attempting to solve a mathematical conundrum that has stumped many of humanity’s greatest thinkers. I have zero mathematical training, apart from a distant undergraduate physics degree, which should put my odds of success at slim to none. But I also have a trick up my sleeve – a kind of mathematical genie that can conjure arcane secrets seemingly out of thin air.

A Chinese robotics start-up beat Nvidia on a global AI ranking. Is a new tech war brewing?

A Chinese robotics start-up beat Nvidia on a global AI ranking. Is a new tech war brewing? Spirit AI says its foundation model for embodied intelligence is the first from China to top the RoboArena global leaderboard As artificial intelligence steps out of the digital realm and into the real world, the race to build the embodied “brains” powering next-generation robots has become the newest battleground in tech competition between China and the United States.

Nvidia to work with US, European humanoid robot makers in addition to China's Unitree

Nvidia to work with US, European humanoid robot makers in addition to China's Unitree SAN FRANCISCO: Nvidia plans to work with humanoid robot makers in the US, Europe and South Korea in addition to China's Unitree to build robots for researchers, according to the AI chip company's executives. After CEO Jensen Huang's keynote address in Taiwan on Monday ahead of the Computex trade show, Nvidia announced that the company is working with China's Unitree, a leading maker of humanoid robots, to...

Archaeologists find ancient matrilineal society in Turkiye’s Catalhoyuk

Archaeologists find ancient matrilineal society in Turkiye’s Catalhoyuk About 9,000 years ago, the Neolithic settlement of Catalhoyuk was an egalitarian, matrilineal society with no evidence of organised violence. Catalhoyuk, Turkiye – About an hour southeast of Konya lies one of the most exciting Neolithic finds of the 20th century – the densely populated settlement of Catalhoyuk. Occupied for 1,000 years from about 7000 to 6000 BC, Catalhoyuk has drawn archaeologists since its discovery in...

Brexit ‘sabotage’ has cost Britain up to £30bn every year, says David Miliband

Brexit ‘sabotage’ has cost Britain up to £30bn every year, says David Miliband Exclusive: ‘We are suffering a punishing Brexit tax every day,’ says former foreign secretary in withering assessment of decision to leave the bloc - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments Brexit was an act of “sabotage” that has made Britain up to £30bn a year worse off, former foreign secretary David Miliband claims. He says the loss of income caused by leaving the EU is equivalent to imposing “a punishing tax every...