SENSEX
NIFTY
GOLD
USD/INR

Weather

image 24    C

The Hindu

Science/Tech / The Hindu

What we call animals when they come together

Explore the fascinating terminology for groups of animals in this engaging science quiz!

13 Mar 2026 11:14 am
Earths magnetic flips can last 70,000 years, new study finds

A weak field for 70,000 years could have exposed the atmosphere and surface life to significantly more solar radiation for a prolonged period

13 Mar 2026 10:41 am
Elon Musk's Tesla set to supply UK with electricity

Tesla Energy Ventures obtained a licence to produce electricity in the UK in 2020, notably using solar panels, without selling it directly to consumers

13 Mar 2026 10:30 am
Meta delays rollout of new AI model code-named 'Avocado: Report

Metas new model, which the company has been working on for months, has fallen short in performance when compared to the latest offerings from rivals, the report said

13 Mar 2026 10:26 am
Electrifying industrial heat as a path to Indias thermal independence

As the conflict between the United States and Iran intensifies, the Strait of Hormuz has become increasingly volatile; with India importing nearly half of its natural gas, the crisis signals the urgency of accelerating the electrification of industrial heat

13 Mar 2026 9:02 am
Enschittification 2.0: How X and Meta are normalising AI porn and deepfakes

Deepfake porn has existed for years. But generative AI tools integrated directly into massive social platforms dramatically lower the barrier to entry

13 Mar 2026 8:41 am
Groups to prevent human-elephant conflict linked to more elephant deaths

Anti-depredation squads were formed in villages to incentivise communities to join hands with the Forest Department to respond to elephants together. However, the searchlights and firecrackers the squads used to drive elephants away possibly created a landscape of fear, forcing elephants to stray into more dangerous situations

12 Mar 2026 9:05 pm
Meta unveils plans for batch of in-house AI chips

Meta has invested heavily in building a team that can design chips in-house in addition to purchasing off-the-shelf products made by Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices

12 Mar 2026 2:57 pm
Oracle's stake in TikTok US joint venture is worth roughly $2 billion, filing shows

Oracles stake in TikToks U.S. business operations is worth around $2 billion, a filing showed on Wednesday

12 Mar 2026 11:30 am
Pentagon opens door to exempt Anthropic use beyond 6-month ramp-down, memo says

The memo is dated March 6 and signed by Pentagon Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies

12 Mar 2026 9:53 am
A seismic decision: On revision to Indias earthquake zoning, rollback

India needs a holistic, implementable earthquake zoning framework

12 Mar 2026 12:29 am
I&B Ministry directs Telegram to remove over 3,100 channels for hosting copyright-protected content

Copyright-protected content belonging to OTT platforms and producers was allegedly being circulated

11 Mar 2026 8:25 pm
The Rearview Podcast | PC Mahalanobis: Indias First Data Cruncher

In this episode, we explore PC Mahalanobis, the visionary statistician behind Indias statistical revolution, and his impactful contributions that still resonate today.

11 Mar 2026 4:36 pm
Xiaomi 17 Ultra and Xiaomi 17 launched in India

The new Xiaomi 17 series comes with optical set up co-engineered with German lens maker Leica

11 Mar 2026 11:47 am
Instagram down; users reporting issues with app, connection, and feed

Users took to other social media platforms such as Elon Musk-owned X to complain that Instagram was down

11 Mar 2026 11:47 am
Elon Musk says X Money to enter early public access next month

Elon Musk on Tuesday said X Money, the social media platforms digital payment system, will enter early public access next month

11 Mar 2026 11:38 am
Meta to acquire Moltbook, the social network for AI agents

Meta is acquiring Moltbook, a social network where AI agents post and chat with each other

11 Mar 2026 9:59 am
Oracle shares jump as revenue climbs on AI demand

The demand for cloud computing for AI training and inferencing continues to grow faster than supply, Oracle said in the earnings report

11 Mar 2026 9:49 am
ChatGPT, other AI chatbots approved for official use in US Senate: Report

ChatGPT and two other artificial intelligence chatbots have been approved for official use in the U.S. Senate, per NYT

11 Mar 2026 9:25 am
Criticism, satire of PM, UGC regulations target of government takedowns on X, Instagram

The most up-to-date takedown stats from Meta show that the Instagram and Facebook parent took down three times as much content in response to government orders in JanuaryJune 2025 than in the same period in 2023

10 Mar 2026 8:08 pm
Nothing Phone 4a Review | Delivers iconic design and improvements across the board

Nothing Phone 4a comes at a starting price of 31,999, which is noticeably higher than the 24,999 launch price of the Nothing Phone 3a. That difference makes the upgrades even more important to justify

10 Mar 2026 1:52 pm
With lunar missions looming, scientists grow chickpeas in 'moon dirt'

Researchers at Texas A&M University demonstrate the potential for sustainable lunar agriculture by successfully cultivating chickpeas in soil mixtures containing up to 75% simulated moon regolith

10 Mar 2026 12:01 pm
Asteroid YR4 will miss the moon, too, NASA says

For several months, orbital models suggested a small but notable chance that the rock would strike the lunar surface on December 22, 2032

10 Mar 2026 11:05 am
Indias Project Cheetah must stop importing big cats, say scientists

Conservationists believe the new batch of African cheetahs, brought from Botswana last month, should be the last as there is a dearth of habitat

10 Mar 2026 11:05 am
Amid wave of kids online safety laws, age-checking tech comes of age

Three months after Australia launched a landmark ban on teen social media accounts, regulators across Europe, in Brazil and in a handful of U.S. states are moving to emulate it

10 Mar 2026 9:51 am
Canada says it will let TikTok continue operations in the country

Canadas federal court in January overturned the government order, allowing the short-video app to keep operating, and told Ottawa to review the case

10 Mar 2026 9:36 am
HALEU-Thorium fuel unsuitable for Indian nuclear reactors: study

The proponents of ANEEL, a new type of nuclear fuel, have suggested it can be dropped into existing reactors, including PHWRs, allowing them to use thorium today

10 Mar 2026 9:17 am
X probes offensive posts by xAIs Grok chatbot: Report

X and its safety teams are urgently investigating the chatbots role in generating hate-filled, racist posts online in response to user prompts, Sky News reporter Rob Harris said

9 Mar 2026 10:51 am
The dangers of AI animal slop videos | Explained

AI-generated videos can overstate or downplay the risks of humans interacting with wild animals, increasing chances of injuries, illness, and death on both sides

7 Mar 2026 12:14 pm
Breast cancer cases in India have more than doubled in three decades, experts say

Experts highlight gaps in access to treatment despite advances in breast cancer care

7 Mar 2026 11:24 am
Kalshi prediction market sued over ouster of Iran leader bet

Khamenei was killed on Saturday in U.S-Israeli strikes that left hundreds dead, including top Iranian officials

7 Mar 2026 11:05 am
Massive experiments could soon reveal more about nature of ghostly particles

For particle physicists working with neutrinos, almost nothing is everything

7 Mar 2026 8:27 am
U.S. House committee wants travel companies to answer questions on use of AI for pricing

Surveillance pricing is a strategy where companies use a consumers personal data such as browsing history, location and shopping habits to set individualised, algorithmic prices for products, as opposed to using standard, market-wide pricing

6 Mar 2026 11:33 am
Amazon launches AI-enabled platform to automate healthcare administrative tasks

AWS said it had launched an artificial intelligence-enabled platform that aims to ease access to healthcare

6 Mar 2026 11:23 am
OpenAI tops $25 billion in annualised revenue: Report

In the enterprise race, OpenAI faces competition from rivals such as Anthropic and giants like Google that are selling AI capabilities to enterprises

6 Mar 2026 11:15 am
Oracle plans thousands of job cuts as data centre costs rise: Report

Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts as it faces a cash crunch from a massive AI data centre expansion effort, Bloomberg News reported

6 Mar 2026 9:37 am
A mobile phone game inspired by the Malayalam movie Vilayath Budha

The open-world mobile game, Vilayath Budha: The Sandalwood Survival, featuring actor Prithviraj Sukumaran, was not created as part of the films promotions. The makers have IP consent to use assets from the film including the actors face in the film

6 Mar 2026 9:27 am
Meet the woman whos on a climate mission to the North Pole

Inside the Arctic cabin of Hilde Flun Strm 19 months, 104 polar bears, and a call to save the planet

5 Mar 2026 10:52 pm
Free vaccines, single-dose nudge pushes India-made HPV vaccine to back of the line

An ongoing study led by ICMR, which is testing whether a single dose of the India-made Cervavac vaccine generates enough protective antibodies and generates a stable immune response compared to a single dose Gardasil vaccine, will determine if Cervavac is officially recommended

5 Mar 2026 3:42 pm
Google revamps app store billing, fee structure, brings back Fortnite worldwide

The sweeping changes to Googles app store practices, announced on Wednesday, are aimed at boosting competition and expanding choices for developers and consumers

5 Mar 2026 11:58 am
Chronic traffic noise exposes kinks in Indias urban regulations

Auditory stress doesnt stay at the ear. Chronic noise activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, a hormone-signalling system that coordinates the bodys response to stress and helps regulate energy use, immunity, mood, and sleep-wake timing; it also elevates cortisol, blood pressure, and cardiovascular strain

5 Mar 2026 8:13 am
Bullying Anthropic: On AI firm Anthropic versus U.S. government

The U.S.s demands for maximum flexibility on AI use are dangerous

5 Mar 2026 1:30 am
Why India needs to radically rethink its doctoral education programmes

India faces many real-world problems that could benefit from high-quality PhD research. These issues span public health, agriculture, sustainability, digital inclusion, and education. The question is whether our current systems support and encourage studies grounded in what the people need

4 Mar 2026 3:01 pm
Why India needs to radically think its doctoral education programmes

India faces many real-world problems that could benefit from high-quality PhD research. These issues span public health, agriculture, sustainability, digital inclusion, and education. The question is whether our current systems support and encourage studies grounded in what the people need

4 Mar 2026 8:22 am
3 Mar 2026 3:01 pm
From lapis-laden trade routes to mass armies: the changing value of blue

Blue travelled across empires as a marker of divinity, power, and painstaking labour; over time, its value shifted from rarity, ritual, and resonance to performance, supply, and industrial production, revealing the ongoing dialogue between meaning and utility

3 Mar 2026 7:56 am
How the next major breakthrough in cancer could come from India

Indias genetically diverse population, vast cancer registries, cost-effective genetic sampling and the extensive experience amongst its cancer centres all offer the opportunity for it to help shape evidence that drives global cancer care

2 Mar 2026 9:34 pm
Science Snapshots: March 1, 2026

Three recent important research developments, all readable in one minute

2 Mar 2026 3:55 pm
Team aims worlds smallest QR code at long-term data storage

The researchers were motivated by data rot: the inevitable decay of magnetic and electronic storage media

2 Mar 2026 3:47 pm
What to know about the clash between the Pentagon and Anthropic over military's AI use

Anthropic said it would challenge what it called a legally unsound action never before publicly applied to an American company

2 Mar 2026 9:26 am