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These Canadian rocks may be the oldest on the earth

Scientists have identified what could be the oldest rocks on the earth from a rock formation in Canada

30 Jun 2025 2:57 pm
Ada Lovelace: the Enchantress of Numbers

What happens when your mother was called the princess of parallelograms and your father one of the best poets history has seen? Lets dive into the life story of Ada Lovelace.

30 Jun 2025 11:00 am
AI is learning to lie, scheme, and threaten its creators

Anthropic's latest creation Claude 4 lashed back by blackmailing an engineer and threatened to reveal an extramarital affair

30 Jun 2025 9:44 am
Nvidia insiders sold over $1 billion in stock amid market surge: Report

More than $500 million of the share sales took place this month as the California-based chip designer's share price climbed to an all-time high, the report said

30 Jun 2025 9:31 am
Scientists freeze light into a supersolid using quantum theatre

A supersolid is an exotic phase of matter in which particles are arranged in a crystalline structure but also move like a non-viscous fluid

29 Jun 2025 6:30 am
Digital fossil-mining finally reveals origin of squids

The findings suggest squids became important players in marine ecosystems long before the mass extinction 66 million years ago that wiped out dinosaurs

29 Jun 2025 5:00 am
Japan launches climate change monitoring satellite on mainstay H2A rocket's last flight

The H-2A rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan, carrying the GOSAT-GW satellite as part of Tokyo's effort to mitigate climate change. The satellite was released into a planned orbit about 16 minutes later

29 Jun 2025 4:01 am
When a U.S. shuttle docked with a Russian space station

On June 29, 1995, American space shuttle Atlantis docked with Russian space station Mir. This not only marked the first docking of the space shuttle with Mir, but also formed what was the largest combined spacecraft ever in orbit at the time. Join A.S.Ganesh as he revisits this historic docking 30 years later

29 Jun 2025 12:09 am
Chennai-bound Air India flight returns to Mumbai due to burning smell in cabin

Air India flight AI 639, operating from Mumbai to Chennai, on Friday, June 27, made a precautionary air-return to Mumbai due to a burning smell in the cabin, the airline said in a statement

28 Jun 2025 8:51 pm
Indians spend 35 minutes each day wet cleaning their floors, says Dysons study

Dyson said that 62% of Indian respondents thought a vacuum cleaner with wet functionality would be the most effective method, yet they see that adoption remains quite low

28 Jun 2025 1:13 pm
Samsung launches Galaxy M36 5G with Exynos processor and AMOLED display in India

The South Korean electronics major has also introduced Galaxy AI features like Circle to Search and Gemini Live in Galaxy M36 5G

28 Jun 2025 11:50 am
28 Jun 2025 9:00 am
Brazils Supreme Court clears way to hold social media companies liable for user content

Brazils Supreme Court agreed on Thursday on details of a decision to hold social media companies liable for what their users post, clearing the way for it go into effect within weeks

27 Jun 2025 1:39 pm
Meta signs deals to source more solar, wind power for data centers

This is the latest in a string of deals by Meta to meet the surging power demand of its data centers needed for artificial intelligence technologies using clean energy

27 Jun 2025 9:49 am
Palantir partners to develop AI software for nuclear construction

Palantir Technologies said it was teaming up with a nuclear deployment company to develop an artificial intelligence-driven software system

27 Jun 2025 9:37 am
ZeroG indicator Joy fifth crew member of Axiom-4 mission

Joy is the zero gravity indicator carried by the astronauts of the Axiom-4 mission which was selected because astronaut Shubhanshu Shuklas son Kiashs love for animals

26 Jun 2025 7:02 pm
Daily Quiz | On Charles Messiers objects

French astronomer Charles Messier was born on June 26, 1730. Messier published the Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters. A quiz on his astronomical objects

26 Jun 2025 5:00 pm
Cannes Lions and the AI reality check

Artificial intelligence can encourage democratisation, but also amplify sameness. Experts weigh in at advertisings biggest show

26 Jun 2025 4:24 pm
Axiom-4 mission: Dragon spacecraft docks at International Space Station

Soft capture of the Dragon spacecraft took place when the Space Station was passing over north Atlantic Ocean at 4:01 p.m. IST.

26 Jun 2025 4:18 pm
Space travel alters worldview, Earth belongs to everyone, says Rakesh Sharma as Shubhanshu Shuklas Axiom-4 mission makes history for India

The veteran astronaut shared his thoughts on the day India returned to space after 41 years, as Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla from India and three other astronauts set forth on a landmark space odyssey

26 Jun 2025 10:44 am
Axiom-4 mission: What will the crew do during their journey to the ISS?

During this journey, the Dragon crew vehicle, named Grace, will execute a series of burns to gradually raise and line up the Ax-4 crew for docking with the ISS in what is referred to as the activation and rendezvous phase of the flight

25 Jun 2025 10:54 pm
Axiom-4 mission with Indias Shubhanshu Shukla, 3 others embark on 28 hour journey to ISS

The targeted docking time at the orbiting laboratory is approximately 7 a.m. Eastern Time (4.30 p.m. IST) on June 26. The Axiom Mission 4 crew will spend up to 14 days at the ISS.

25 Jun 2025 12:06 pm
What is a percentile?

A percentage is a straightforward measure of how much a student scores out of the total possible marks. A percentile, on the other hand, is a relative measure

25 Jun 2025 8:30 am
Widely used fungicide found to be driving C. tropicalis infections

Candida tropicalis, an important fungal pathogen in India and in many other parts of the world, has been found using chromosome alterations to resist common anti-fungal drugs such as fluconazole and voriconazole

25 Jun 2025 8:30 am
Microsoftintroduces small language model Mu to change settings in Windows 11

Accessible to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel with Copilot+PCs, Mu responds to natural language queries

24 Jun 2025 2:03 pm
What is Teslas new robotaxi and how will it be controlled remotely?

Tesla tiptoed into its long-awaited robotaxi service in Austin, Texas on Sunday with about 10 of its Model Y SUVs

23 Jun 2025 8:57 am
Is it a moon? Is it a dwarf planet? Well, its Charon, and it could well be both!

On June 22, 1978, Charon was discovered by U.S. astronomer James Christy. Considered by most scientists as the largest of dwarf planet Plutos five moons, there are others who refer to the Pluto-Charon duo as a double dwarf planet system. A.S.Ganesh ferries you across to Charon, telling you more about it and its discovery

22 Jun 2025 12:52 am
Quantum challenge: On IIT-DRDO demonstration of quantum key-distribution scheme

Administrative reform is essential for India to make advances

21 Jun 2025 12:10 am
Technique to make CAR T-cells in vivo could transform cancer care

Instead of extracting T cells and engineering them in a lab, researchers have delivered mRNA directly into circulating immune cells, improving treatment outcomes and cutting cost

20 Jun 2025 7:00 am
20 Jun 2025 6:56 am
Funding, infrastructure, general environment woes unattractive for senior international scientists to work in India: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

India has only a handful of institutions such as IISc, NCBS, TIFR, IISERs and IITs that can possibly attract U.S. scientists, and even they are world class only in some very specific areas, he says

19 Jun 2025 12:02 pm
Dutch court confirms Apple abused dominant position in dating apps

The court ruled that ACM was right in finding that dating app providers had to use Apple's own payment system, were not allowed to refer to payment options outside the App Store, and had to pay a 30% commission (15% for small providers) to Apple

17 Jun 2025 10:04 am
What is synthetic aperture radar?

On June 12, NASA said the NASA-ISRO SAR mission had arrived at ISROs spaceport in Sriharikota

17 Jun 2025 8:37 am
How a lung gene is linked to post-COVID symptoms as per genetics study

Long COVID, or technically post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection, refers to symptoms that continue for weeks or months after the initial illness clears. A new study has tried to find out why some people develop long COVID while others recover quickly

16 Jun 2025 8:30 am
ISRO conducts first successful rocket launching test with payload in U.P.

The test conducted on Saturday in collaboration with Thrust Tech India Limited saw the rocket ascend 1.1 km at 5:14:33 p.m., a complete success

15 Jun 2025 10:34 am
In a first, arc therapy beats tricky cancer while sparing nearby tissue

The first person to receive step-and-shoot SPArc was a 46-year-old woman whose parotid-gland cancer had spread along her facial nerve towards the base of her skull

15 Jun 2025 5:00 am
ABC: Alcock, Brown, and a flight across Continents

On June 14-15, 1919, aviators John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown carried out what was the first non-stop transatlantic flight. Join A.S.Ganesh as he takes you on this historic flight that took place in the early years of aviation

15 Jun 2025 12:21 am
Axiom-4 mission carrying Shubhanshu Shukla now eyes June 19 lift-off

The Axiom Space mission was to blast-off from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on June 11, but had to be delayed first due to a fuel leak in SpaceX's Falcon-9 rocket and then due to a leak in the Russian section of the International Space Station (ISS).

14 Jun 2025 12:27 pm
SII, DNDi partner for expanding human trials for dengue treatment

The collaboration will be instrumental in advancing clinical development of a dengue monoclonal antibody in Brazil and potentially other endemic countries in Southeast Asia, with a focus on making treatment affordable and accessible, SII Executive Director Dr. Prasad Kulkarni said

14 Jun 2025 1:19 am
What made Boeing 787s popular and later a cause for concern

Earlier this year, Boeing celebrated 787-8 aircraft worldwide carrying 1 billion passengers in 30 million flight-hours.

12 Jun 2025 10:17 pm
Talen Energy and Amazon sign nuclear power deal to fuel data centers

Both companies will also explore building new Small Modular Reactors within Talen's Pennsylvania footprint and pursue expanding the nuclear plant's energy output

12 Jun 2025 10:03 am
OpenAI taps Google in unprecedented cloud deal despite AI rivalry, sources say

OpenAI plans to add Alphabet's Google cloud service to meet its growing needs for computing capacity, three sources told Reuters

11 Jun 2025 8:48 am
What to know before watching Netflixs Titan: The OceanGate Disaster documentary

Netflixs Titan: The OceanGate Disaster documentary is set to shed light on the 2023 submersible implosion that claimed five lives and made headlines worldwide

11 Jun 2025 8:03 am
Standing down from Falcon 9s launch of Ax-4: SpaceX

Originally scheduled for the launch on Tuesday (June 10, 2025), the mission was postponed to Wednesday due to weather conditions

11 Jun 2025 6:56 am
Sensitive German experiment sets new limit on maximum neutrino mass

The Karlsruhe Tritium Neutrino Experiment closely observed the disintegration of molecular tritium to estimate the neutrino mass

11 Jun 2025 5:30 am
Why do we use QWERTY keyboards?

The keyboard we use today follows a specific layout that has remained largely unchanged for over a hundred years. But have you ever wondered why the alphabets arent arranged in simple alphabetical order? Why do we use the seemingly random QWERTY format instead?

10 Jun 2025 12:32 pm
Physics changed AI in the 20th century. Is AI returning the favour now?

At this point in time, it seems like every subfield of physics will soon use AI and ML to help solve their toughest problems

8 Jun 2025 3:05 pm
Using bacteriophages to combat antimicrobial resistance

While bacteria can evolve to be resistant to a phage, phages too can evolve to avoid bacterial resistance

8 Jun 2025 5:30 am
The link between leprosy and climate-change that we did not know about: an Indian story

India is hailed for eliminating leprosy two decades ago, but modern effects of climate stress and poverty may lead to its reappearance might help it reappear

7 Jun 2025 7:00 am