There have been many studies on the associations between social isolation, loneliness, and the risk of dying early, but some results have been controversial or mixed, according to the paper published Monday in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. Those conflicting results could be due to research only focusing on ... Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary, on Friday honored the Publisher of “As-Safir” newspaper, Talal Salman, at the newspaper’s building in Hamra, and presented him with an honorary shield as a token of appreciation from the Ministry of Information for his pioneering role in free written media, as part of ... Read More »
Advanced artificial intelligence could pose a catastrophic risk to humanity and wipe out entire civilisations, a new study warns. AI could be the potential “Great Filter” answer to the Fermi paradox, with the potential to wipe out intelligent life in the universe before it can make contact with others, suggested the yet-to-be peer-reviewed study, posted ... Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, mourned the passing of Lebanese writer George Ibrahim Yammine, where he wrote on Twitter that on this sad day the Lebanese shed two tears, one for his painful passing and another because he died while in exile…”Our consolation is that his intellectual and literary impact will ... Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Al-Makary, visited the Monastery of “Our Lady of Al-Hara” in Tabbaneh in the North, accompanied by “Marada Movement” political bureau member, Rafli Diab, and the head of the “March Association”, Leah Baroudi. They were received at the monastery by Father George Jreij on behalf of ... Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary received, at his Tele Liban office, United Press International (UPI) writer and journalist Dalal Saoud. Caretaker Minister Makary also received a delegation representing WAN-IFRA “Women in News” Program, including Program Director in the Arab region, Dalal Saoud, and Advisory Program Director and Program Coordinator in ... Read More »
Caretaker Minister of Information, Ziad Makary inspected a workshop on sorting, preserving and digitizing the photo archives of the “National News Agency” and the Information Ministry’s Lebanese Studies and Publications Directorate, which started two weeks ago and is run by the French National Audiovisual Institute Expert, Veronique Clavier. The Director of the ... Read More »
Scientists are set to embark on one of the most comprehensive studies to date into how digital technologies impact the mental health of young people. As digitisation of information continues, and with the pandemic helping to accelerate the change, the always-on world of social media and rapid news cycles has adversely ... Read More »
A blood test that can detect more than 50 different types of cancer could speed up diagnosis, a new study suggests. The Galleri test was able to detect signs of cancer in 323 out of the 6,238 people who had visited their GP with suspected symptoms, in England or Wales, the study showed. Of those 323 patients, 244 ... Read More »
Caretaker Information Minister, Ziad Makary, welcomed at his ministerial office former Information Minister, Jamal Al-Jarrah, with whom he discussed the current situation and the most recent developments. NNA Read More »
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