A child wearing festive headgear sits on an adult's shoulders during a temple fair marking Lunar New Year celebrations in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026.

Last week's visit to Israel by radical right-wing podcaster Tucker Carlson was so peculiar it almost parodied itself.

Kyoto University debuted “Buddharoid,” an AI-powered robot monk that answers questions about Buddhism, raising big questions for temples.

Students at Spelman College have developed an artificial intelligence system that allows anyone to communicate verbally with their plants.

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