YouTube star Ben Potter has died aged 40 “in an unfortunate accident,” his wife has announced. She said Potter, an American comic book creator known as Comicstorian, died on Saturday. He had a YouTube following of more than three million subscribers. Nathalie Potter, his wife, wrote on X: “To many…

A factory in China is developing hyper-realistic humanoid robots that could be used in psychotherapy and counselling. In the factory in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian, neck-length silicone masks lie alongside silicone arms and feet, while disembodied heads sit on display and humanoid robots in various stages of construction…

African elephants have names for each other that are spoken through rumbles, scientists have found, in a “really exciting” discovery. It’s the first time an animal has been discovered creating individual names for each other, instead of just mimicking the other’s noises like parrots and dolphins do. “It’s really exciting,”…

Since ChatGPT was launched to the public in 2022, Apple has said little publicly about generative artificial intelligence (AI). That was until Monday, when its chief executive announced a series of AI products, including a deal with the makers of the chatbot and its own personalised AI system called “Apple…

A glowing dye that sticks to cancer cells gives surgeons a “second pair of eyes”, according to experts at the University of Oxford. The dye clings to prostate cancer cells and then starts glowing when illuminated during surgery. This means doctors can remove more of the cancer during the operation…

An electric headset for treating depression has been recommended as a more widespread treatment for depression after a successful NHS trial. But it’s not yet known what the long term benefits of the device are. An NHS trial has found that an innovative electric headset for treating depression is an…

Rishi Sunak dressed as a purple wizard and Sir Keir Starmer’s feeble punches in a gym. These are the images teenagers are sharing in school on TikTok – all being pushed out by party campaign teams to target the young. For our Bench Across Britain series, we took our people’s…

Checking our bodies for unusual lumps and bumps has become a normal way of looking after our health. But what about considering how our genes might predispose us to cancer or cognitive decline? Should we find out – even in cases where we are powerless to stop it? It’s been…

More than a hundred cases of E.coli have been detected in the UK as a result of a single outbreak. At least 37 people have been admitted to hospital as a result – and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned cases are likely to rise. The 113 cases…