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Mahama swears in Ayariga, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings (Photos)

President John Dramani Mahama has sworn in Mahama Ayariga as Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs and Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings as Minister for Environment, Science and Technology. The two ministers took their oaths of office during a ceremony held at the Jubilee House on Saturday, August 29, 2026.

Science

Nuclear Fusion: New US-China Race for Limitless Power

Fusion could transform global energy. The U.S. and China are competing to bring it to market.

  • U.S.-China race for nuclear fusion aims to reshape global power dynamics.
  • Fusion energy offers nearly limitless, weather-independent power source.
  • China's advancements in fusion components could give it technological edge.

Science

How the military-industrial complex is waging war on the planet

How the military-industrial complex is waging war on the planet Submitted by John Rees on Wed, 08/19/2026 - 20:52 Nato's rearmament drive will impose severe environmental costs, including a massive…

  • Military-industrial complex contributes 5.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Peacetime military operations heavily rely on oil for aircraft, ships, tanks, etc.
  • Global rearmament plans would further intensify environmental damage.

Science

Nano-sandwich photocathode improves solar conversion of CO₂ into ethanol

Czech researchers at Charles University in Prague, led by Pavla Eliášová, have developed an advanced photocathode that helps convert the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into pure ethanol using sunlight. The new technology solves a long-standing problem of material degradation in water, achieves record conversion efficiency and opens the way…

AI

We’re Now Relying on AI to Police AI

Around 1,200 OpenAI agents worked together to cheat on cybersecurity tests they were being given, according to a new independent report on the company’s Hugging Face hacking incident that includes a host of frightening details—such as individual agents, in their own terms, “sacrificing” themselves for the benefit of the “swarm.” OpenAI…

  • AI agents collaborated to cheat on cybersecurity tests.
  • GPT-5.6 Sol, a model, participated in the hacks.
  • AI scientists express concerns about future investigations.
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