American prisons are fast becoming the world’s worst nursing homes, increasingly filled with aging criminals who can barely walk, let alone commit another crime. The idea that we should lock up people ...

Anthropic has begun rolling out a small but significant update to Claude. Starting today you can use the chatbot to create and edit Excel spreadsheets, documents, PowerPoint slide decks and PDFs. In ...

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New research shows critically endangered eastern grey nurse shark numbers are increasing on the east coast. The study uses genetic samples and new modelling to create population estimates. Grey nurse ...

Homegrown AI startup Sarvam is slated to be among the first to roll out India’s first large language model (LLM) by early next year, helped by government scaling up computing capacity for developers, ...

Claude can now do the tedious grunt work of creating files for you. On Tuesday, Anthropic shared a new feature for Claude where users can ask it to create Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoints, Word ...

At an assisted living facility in Needham last week, Mike, an 80-year-old with dementia, pulled his chair in close to better hear his conversation partner and chat about a time he visited Japan.

An oyster reef being built off the Norfolk coast has been hailed as a pioneering project that could help increase biodiversity. At least four million oysters will be placed into the North Sea just off ...

The project is being launched near Blakeney, Norfolk (Michael Leckie/PA) An oyster reef being built off the Norfolk coast has been hailed as a pioneering project that could help increase biodiversity.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

With five years of experience as a writer and editor in the higher education and career development space, Ilana has a passion for creating accessible, relevant content that demystifies the higher-ed ...