Elon Musk's patent ambiguities

Electric carmaker Tesla has patented a battery-swapping system. Does this mean a reversal of its open source philosophy?

Silicon Valley wants to read your mind. Here's why you should be worried

Mind-reading systems — such as Facebook's brainwave-reading device and Neuralink’s brain implants — can affect our privacy, …

SpaceX’s new rocket prototype to fly humans to space next year: Elon Musk

Starship rocket MK1 features three Raptor engines — powered by cryogenic methane and liquid oxygen. It is 50 metre tall and weighs about 1,…

Humans will leave Earth not to explore, but to exploit

Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma recently completed 35 years of being the first Indian to have ever set foot in space. He talked to Down To …

Space Race 2.0: Why go beyond the Earth?

The urge to look towards the sky stems from an intrinsic human curiosity emanating out of not just scientific but also existential queries

Space Race 2.0: Is this democratisation of space or a high-tech coup?

A handful of billionaires are working hard to make space colonisation a reality. In the process they are reviving a sector that had stagnated for …