Simply Put: Artificial Intelligence

Global electricity consumption by AI could increase by 85-134 TWh annually by 2027

This amount is comparable to the annual electricity consumption of countries such as the Netherlands, Sweden and Argentina

ISRO Report: Joshimath sank 5.4 cm in 12 days

The pictures were taken from the Cartosat-2S satellite

Good while it lasted: The DTE cover story on 6th mass extinction

Simply Put: Fate of scientists

Satellites add to light pollution significantly, says new report

Light from space objects scatter over a larger geographic area than sources on Earth

Is India moving towards a mass surveillance state

India is building one of the largest facial recognition technology systems in the world

The brightest object in the universe is a black hole that eats a star a day

The accretion disc around J0529-4351 is seven light years across, is a gateway to a place of no return

Green Schools Programme Awards 2024

CSE’s Green Schools Programme Awards recognise schools that are the best managers of their natural resources within their own premises

Love Thy Planet: That is the key takeaway from the news that Earth’s inner core has stopped turning

This might be the planet’s way of telling us that it is our only home in the vast universe

Digital nomads have rejected the office and now want to replace the nation state. But there is a darker side to this quest for global freedom

For the moment at least, digital nomadism is a privilege which largely depends on your place of birth, long-term place of residence, and economic …

Are you interested in the weather and its impact on nature? Here’s a career for you

Biometeorology is highly interdisciplinary and involves working with several different types of professionals

Offering long-distance lessons to fight lockdown disruptions

An educational non-profit virtually connects rural children with teachers who can instruct in their native language

My PhD supervisor just won the Nobel prize in physics — here’s how his research on complex systems changed science

I am pleasantly surprised that the field of complex systems, which is quietly pushing at the frontier of theoretical research in physics, has …

Book calls for a rethink of capitalism amid the ravages of COVID-19

What is needed, Goldin believes, is a fundamental rethinking of capitalism. Big government and the activist state is back, he says

Day and night aren’t equal length on an equinox — here’s why

The lengths of the day and night aren’t quite the same, and there are two reasons for this

Keep calm, but don’t just carry on: how to deal with China’s mass surveillance of thousands of Australians

Australia needs to adopt recommendations by law reform inquiries and establish a national right to privacy

Why some people don’t trust science — and how to change their minds

Merely informing people about facts has been found not to change attitudes

Brightest, most distant radio signal detected till now has a rare source — a group of merging galaxies

A fast radio burst that occurred when the universe was just 5 billion years old was detected in 2022

Sexism pushed Rosalind Franklin toward the scientific sidelines during her short life, but her work still shines on her 100th birthday

Franklin’s greatest and most enduring legacy is the many women who have been inspired by her example to pursue scientific carriers

Of Saint Patrick and the serpents

As the Irish celebrate the feast day of their patron saint globally, some insights into why the Emerald Isle is ‘snake-less’ and how …

2023 Retrospect | A quick recap of major science and environment events last year

DTE's multimedia team recaps health, extreme weather events, science, war, policy and governance stories covered this year

Chandrayaan-3 successfully enters lunar orbit

The Vikram Lander is expected to land on the moon on August 23, 2023

Simply Put: People fired, AI hired

Simply Put: Of DNA and double standards