Europe
Europe Chooses Its Own Frontier AI Builder
The EUROPA consortium will develop an open-source model across all 24 official EU languages The European Commission has selected a consortium led by Italian company Domyn to build a frontier…
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International
Messages to the past may be possible
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) claim to have developed a new theoretical model that allows messages to be sent back in time. The research is based on…
science-technology
Aviation’s hybrid moment has finally arrived
Hybrid cars are a regular sight on European roads today. Sitting between internal combustion engines and fully electric vehicles, they run on fuel for some of the journey and electricity…
science-technology
Teen scientists are tracking plastic pollution across Europe’s rivers
Along a small stream in Spain, groups of teenagers are at work. One hovers around a black tarpaulin covered in wet pieces of plastic. Another stands on a small bridge,…
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The hidden biodiversity battle to save Europe’s forests
In the village of Suonenjoki, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) stands surrounded by a forest of pine trees. The local soils are not fertile and pine is pretty much…
science-technology
Europe’s shipyards navigate from sunset industry to green revival
In September 2026, naval architect Thomas Koch is bringing his firm’s virtual shipyard to a maritime trade fair in Hamburg, Germany. The virtual shipyard is a digital replica that tracks shipbuilding progress…
Science&Technology
Does Technological Omnipresence Erode Our Ethical Compass?
Ethics shape how you interact with the world, but pervasive surveillance, algorithmic bias, and data exploitation challenge your moral autonomy. You constantly trade privacy for convenience, often unaware of how…
Environment
OceanEye Puts Europe’s Climate Science Bet Into the Deep Sea
The European Commission’s new OceanEye initiative aims to expand Europe’s role in ocean observation, turning marine data, autonomous sensors and digital modelling into strategic public infrastructure for climate resilience, maritime…
Europe
EU AI Act Experts Face First Enforcement Test
New scientific and advisory bodies will help shape how Europe supervises powerful artificial intelligence systems The European Union is moving from writing landmark artificial intelligence rules to building the expert…
science-technology
AI listens in to help protect wildlife
Strolling through a forest, you may notice that the air is filled with sound. Birds sing, insects and small mammals rustle through the undergrowth, and at dusk bats squeak as they communicate…