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New planet revealed around a young star after a decade in hiding

The new planet is slightly bigger than Jupiter and takes 91 years to orbit its star, a little longer than it takes Uranus to orbit our sun

21 Jul 2026 3:21 pm
Parts of Assam were once under sea: Study

A team from Nagaland University probed a prominent middle-Eocene sedimentary rock formation in Karbi Anglong district to arrive at a conclusion

21 Jul 2026 2:41 pm
What makes the brain the most complicated object in the universe

For the first time, the thoughts and impressions of people unable to communicate with the outside world were translated into continuous natural language, using a combination of AI and brain imaging technology

21 Jul 2026 12:53 pm
Are new neurons born in the adult human brain? Study revives debate

Amid a morass of conflicting studies, new research from researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm has provided further evidence for adult neurogenesis using modern sequencing and machine-learning methods, infusing new life into a long-standing debate with important scientific and practical implications

21 Jul 2026 12:48 pm
How groundbreaking new brain atlases capture development in motion

New brain atlases combine several advanced mapping methods to trace how neurons and glia form, migrate, and diversify across time and species, turning static brain charts into a dynamic developmental reference

21 Jul 2026 12:46 pm
Psychedelics are revealing how the brain builds the sense of self

Psychedelics can temporarily loosen the brain patterns that support the feeling of a me, allowing researchers to watch that system reorganise itself in real time

21 Jul 2026 12:45 pm
Scientists compile largest meta-dataset of tree inventory studies from India

InvenTree-meta brings together information from 465 published studies conducted between 1991 and 2023, spanning more than 4,650 hectares of forests across all of Indias biomes

21 Jul 2026 12:44 pm
Meta faces Tennessee trial over allegations Instagram was designed to be addictive

Tennessees trial is the second to test claims in a lawsuit brought by a state against Meta

21 Jul 2026 12:31 pm
Anthropics $1.5 billion settlement in authors class action copyright lawsuit gets approved

An Anthropic counsel stated that more than 91% of authors and publishers who were covered by the settlement had claimed their share

21 Jul 2026 11:54 am
Are smartphones becoming smarter with on-device AI? | Explained

The transition of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from the cloud to the local device, often called on-device AI, is arguably the most significant shift in the smartphone industry since the inception of the app ecosystem

21 Jul 2026 11:36 am
What goals does Semicon 2.0 aim to achieve? | Explained

What are the key focus areas of Semicon 2.0? How is it different from the first phase? Why is India focusing on semiconductor manufacturing? What incentives does the Mobile Phone Manufacturing Scheme offer?

19 Jul 2026 3:46 pm
'Cruel, wasteful': Dakar port a hotspot for illegal shark fins

Global shark populations have been in rapid decline due to industrial fishing, with one study showing their population has plummeted 71% since 1970

19 Jul 2026 1:51 pm
Why are five anonymous female users suing Elon Musks xAI? | Explained

After AI chatbot Grok enabled users to create a barrage of sexual deepfakes and morphed photos earlier this year, a proposed class action lawsuit in the U.S. saw five people claiming that their lives have been shattered as a result of child abuse material

15 Jul 2026 2:52 pm
Deadly bird virus PaBV-4 identified for first time in India

The parrot bornavirus 4, circulating among captive birds, has raised fresh concerns for aviculture and conservation efforts involving threatened parrot species

9 Jul 2026 12:00 pm
When might life on the earth end?

Previous studies had tried to answer this question using simplified climate models, finding the biospheres twilight could occur in 100 million to 900 million years

7 Jul 2026 2:44 pm