A humanoid robot has outperformed humans by breaking Usain Bolt’s world record for the 100m sprint, according to its manufacturer. Chinese smartphone maker Honor said Lightning – a thin black and red robot – ran the distance in 9.32 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing. Eight-time Olympic gold medallist Bolt set the
Even one of robotics’ biggest names says that a major breakthrough for the industry may take up to a decade. During a keynote speech at the 2026 World Robot Conference in Beijing on Thursday, Unitree Robotics CEO Wang Xingxing said that the industry’s breakthrough will come only when a robot can perform most tasks without
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Physicians test narcolepsy treatments by checking whether the drugs help people to fall asleep and stay asleep throughout the night.Credit: Lucia Graphus/Alamy The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind drug to treat the
The word “Goldilocks” is meme-ing out in US markets right now. It’s a reference to how recent economic data has been neither too cold nor too hot. The labor market and consumer spending have been cooling lately, while inflation has remained relatively mild. For the purposes of keeping interest rates on hold, the recent figures
A 50-year-old father and his two sons have been rescued after they were found adrift off the Thai island of Koh Samui, a local official told AFP on Saturday. They had spent more than 16 hours floating at sea after their jet ski capsized, local government official Amorn Chomchoey said. “We found the exhausted after
Police have recovered three paintings that were stolen from a museum in Italy earlier this year. CCTV footage of the theft on the night of 22 March was released by authorities, showing two masked thieves breaking into the Magnani Rocca Museum, near the city of Parma. It is estimated the paintings have a combined worth
