Mike Bird, Asia business and finance editor for The Economist, is moving to New York in 2025 to cover Wall Street and U.S. finance for the publication. Bird joined The Economist in Singapore in 2021.

so too is the word “turkey,” which can refer to everything from the bird itself to a populous Eurasian country to movie flops. As a scholar who studies word origins, I love “talking turkey ...

These affectionate birds are excellent at mimicking speech and sounds, often showing off their playful personalities.

H5N1 avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, has infected more than 100 million birds in the U.S. and almost 500 dairy cattle herds across 15 states. The virus has popped up in mammals ...

The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the bird's brain took shape over tens of millions of years. "Birds are one of ...

Bird brain from the age of dinosaurs reveals roots of avian intelligence Date: November 13, 2024 Source: University of Cambridge Summary: A 'one of a kind' fossil discovery could transform our ...

Instead of casually talking to colleagues nearby, the employee has to message or use Microsoft Teams—an arrangement seemingly intended to maintain a “chaotic-free” environment. He began his ...

And now, to celebrate their 30th birthday, the train company has launched a huge flash sale, with 30% off across all routes and booking classes. But, you’ll have to be quick. The sale will last ...

Qantas has announced a 72-hour domestic flights sale, with fares from as little as $109 one-way, while airfare aggregator service Webjet has flights departing from Sydney from as little as $70 ...

Rovio's Angry Birds has teamed up with Outfit7's Talking Tom for a new crossover event. The collaboration, which will run from November 7th to November 28th, 2024, will see Red and Talking Tom battle ...

It has settings for birds, mammals, butterflies, and dragonflies, and it uses image-recognition models stored on software that's installed in the onboard chips. For bird identification when the ...