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An immersive virtual reality platform that combines artificial intelligence and psychometric testing allows employees to step into the metaverse to 'level up' in the real world. Francesca Lynagh reports.

A California startup using rocks to soak up carbon dioxide from the air has teamed up with a Canadian company to mineralize the gas in concrete, a technological tie-up that is a first and could provide a model for fighting climate change globally. Lucy Ha has more.

Nigerian artist Eugene Komboye is turning discarded plastic flip flops into colorful portraits in what he says is an effort to help clean up the environment in a country where plastic pollution is prevalent.

Emirati astronaut, Sultan Al Neyadi, is set to spend several months on the International Space Station. Al Neyadi will mark a milestone for the UAE as a the first long-term mission specialist from the Arab's world to spend six months carrying experiments in the ISS.

Researchers in the U.S. have developed an amphibious robot inspired by turtles that can ‘perform tasks that require any sort of adaptation’, according to Yale University PhD student Robert Baines.

Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican woman to travel to space in June 2022. Now, she’s put her career at NASA on hold to boost the Mexican aerospace industry. Rosanna Philpott has more.

Emirates completed a demonstration flight powered by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), as part of the global aviation industry's push to meet strict carbon emission targets. Francesca Lynagh reports.

A green-hued comet that has been lurking in the night sky for months is expected to be the most visible to stargazers this week as it gradually passes Earth for the first time in about 50,000 years. NASA's Planetary scientist Stefanie Milam said new discoveries are expected.

Palestinian engineer Ayed Abu Ramadan has turned to vertical farming methods to increase his yields of citrus fruits and strawberries in the densely populated Gaza Strip where agricultural land has been shrinking.

Nigerian artist Malik Afegbua is using artificial intelligence to reimagine elderly African people, who he says are often marginalized, strutting on the catwalk. Angela Ukomadu reports.

95-year-old Holocaust survivor Menachem Haberman couldn't hold back his tears as he took off his headset after watching a virtual tour of the Auschwitz death camp. Fiona Jones has more.

Holocaust survivors are retelling their stories via an artificial intelligence image-generating service, that will leave an enduring record of their trauma for future generations. Ilan Rubens reports.

As with many AI-driven innovations, ChatGPT does not come without misgivings. OpenAI has acknowledged the tool’s tendency to respond with "plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers," an issue it considers challenging to fix. Emma Jehle reports.

The "Doomsday Clock" has been set at 90 seconds to midnight, closer than ever before to the threat of annihilation. Francesca Lynagh explains how the symbolic timepiece works.

Once the stuff of science fiction, lab-grown meat could become reality in some restaurants in the United States as early as this year. Francesca Lynagh has more.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Wandercraft's self-balancing exoskeleton for use in stroke rehabilitation. In July 2021, Reuters was given a first-hand demonstration of the possibilities wearable exoskeletons can have for people with disabilities. Olivia Chan has more.

A high-tech dairy farm is among the first in Bosnia turning biogas from animal feces and silage into electricity, as it aims to become self-reliant at a time when high energy prices pose a risk to the subsidy-dependent agricultural sector.

More than 80 of the UK's top soccer clubs are taking part in Green Football Weekend, which organizers hope will "unleash the power of football to tackle climate change." Ilan Rubens has more.

On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, business leaders share their thoughts on artificial intelligence and ChatGPT.

Boston Dynamics’ humanoid robot, Atlas, demonstrated jaw-dropping new skills in a video released by the Massachusetts-based company.

Wounded Ukrainian soldiers who have lost a hand are being fitted with the latest high tech prosthetic arms by a charity aiming to do the same for thousands of others. Alice Rizzo reports.

As medical centers across the country continue to struggle amid the nursing shortage, a hospital system just outside of Chicago, Illinois, is turning to futuristic technology to fill the need. Olivia Zollino has more.

Atmospheric rivers are storms akin to rivers in the sky that dump massive amounts of rain and can cause flooding, trigger mudslides and result in loss of life and enormous property damage. Ilan Rubens reports.

England will ban a range of single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates and bowls from October 2023 in an effort to limit soaring plastic pollution, Britain's environment department said. Francesca Lynagh has more.

Last year was the world's joint fifth-warmest on record and the last nine years were the nine warmest since pre-industrial times, putting the 2015 Paris Agreement's goal to limit global warming to 1.5C in serious jeopardy, U.S. scientists said on Thursday.