A picture of what West Antarctica looked like when its ice sheet melted in the past can offer insight into the continent’s future as the climate warms.

Google’s proposal to explore space-based AI infrastructure raises fundamental questions about energy, physics and feasibility – and whether Earth has really run out of options.

The new sensor-packed Smart Play Brick will land this spring as part of a special Star Wars collection. The update adds interactive lights and sound to the Lego experience—including the minifigs.

Phnom Penh looks to strengthen ties that have been strained by its close relationship with Beijing

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As prices on Venezuela’s bonds soared Monday, a group of the country’s longtime creditors huddled to discuss how the US ouster of President Nicolas Maduro will affect their ability to recoup some of their investment in about $60 billion of Venezuela’s defaulted debt.

The US president has repeatedly said he wants the island to become a part of the US.

Astronomers were puzzled by a black hole around 50 million times the mass of the sun with no stars, spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope – now simulations suggest it could be a primordial black hole, something we have never seen before

Kevin Kajiwara, Teneo President for Political Risk Advisory, says CEOs see Venezuela’s economic potential but are realistic about the challenges ahead. He speaks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close. (Source: Bloomberg)

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