Can you own a voice? Taylor Swift’s latest legal move raises big questions for AI and copyright
Justin Morey, Leeds Beckett University Taylor Swift has filed a trademark application covering her voice and stage image. It includes…
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Cold vaccine: encouraging early results in a Phase 1 clinical trial
A vaccine candidate designed to protect against rhinoviruses, which cause the great majority of common colds and exacerbate chronic respiratory…
West Nile virus-infected person dies in Holland
A person who contracted West Nile virus (WNV) locally in the Netherlands has died, the Dutch National Institute for Public…
British household energy price cap will rise 4 percent
British household energy price cap will rise 4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2026, the country’s energy regulator Ofgem…
What is trauma? The more we talk about it, the more it means
Nick Haslam, The University of Melbourne It’s the word of the decade. “A major signifier of our age.” “The invisible…
Average sea surface temperature hits new high
– The daily global average sea surface temperature (SST) reached 21.1 degrees Celsius on Aug. 22, surpassing the previous record…
The Backrooms: how a teenager’s creepy YouTube series became the year’s most anticipated horror
A24 Adam Daniel, Western Sydney University Before Kane Parsons had a Hollywood deal, he had a cheap laptop in his…
Dutch ditch Eurovision
Dutch public broadcaster AVROTROS said Monday that it will not participate in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest, arguing that the…
Deep‑sea sponges survive in complete darkness in ways we didn’t know before
The deep-sea sponge Calyx sp. in its natural habitat. PROBIO-DEEP/Fugro Alessandro N. Garritano, University of Sydney; UNSW Sydney and Torsten…
Container Freight Rates Rise 4% as Port Congestion and Geopolitical Tensions Bite
Container shipping rates on the major sea routes between Asia and the United States are rising, as limited available capacity,…