The ghost of Christmas yet to come: how an AI ‘SantaNet’ might end up destroying the world
Scientists identified a series of behaviours by the AI general intelligence system which, though well-intentioned, could have adverse impacts on …
Watch: What 30 years of Hubble has meant for humanity
The telescope has been the eyes of astrinomers above the Earth's atmosphere
Simply Put: Origin of Man
Heat-tolerant bacteria that survived meteorite impact
The meteorite was made of a highly dense material and weighed 2.26 kilogrammes
Researchers develop materials to detect hydrogen with high sensitivity
This is important because hydrogen gas is difficult to produce and it is hard to detect if it leaks
Life on Mars? NASA's Curiosity helps discover traces of ancient ocean
A recently released set of topography maps provides new evidence for an ancient northern ocean on Mars, signifying a higher potential for life on …
How tech rebooted economics and platforms broke the invisible hand
Growing evidence and new research explain the evolution of economic diversity and the need to rethink monopolies in the age of technology
Airplanes face a growing risk of being hit by uncontrolled re-entries of rockets used to launch satellites
An aircraft in flight could be seriously damaged by just 300 grams of space debris impacting an engine, windshield or other critical surface
Fast radio bursts: The mystery deepens
Research by Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and Fast Radio Burst Project finds repeated pattern to FRBs
Red planet rumbles: NASA’s recordings of ‘marsquakes’ let us listen to the martian heartbeat
Sounds and vibrations are important, they tell us about the medium they’re travelling through
Researchers use metamaterials to enhance detection of defects in large structures
Metamaterials are artificially crafted materials with unique internal microstructures that give them properties not found in nature
Geospatial tech can fast-track sustainable development beyond COVID-19: UNESCAP
But re-skilling youth and investments to strengthen their technological skills will be essential
Simply Put: Maus
Scientists are using new satellite tech to find glow-in-the-dark milky seas of maritime lore
Compared with the old technology, viewing Day/Night Band imagery is like putting on glasses for the first time
Sensing pressure using paper
This sensor is made of plain and corrugated cellulose papers coated with the chemical tin-monosulfide
Guess what NASA plans to buy? Gender-inclusive space suits
NASA had to cancel its first all-female space walk earlier March 2, 2019, as they didn't have enough space suits that fit two women
‘Vapour on Venus will tell us if it’s alive’
More than two-and-a-half decades after its last missions to Venus, NASA has planned a trip to Earth’s nearest neighbour
Developing economies risk exclusion as ‘age of AI’ dawns
Artificial intelligence is set to be a multi-trillion dollar industry by 2030, but developing economies risk falling behind unless changes are …
Boom boom boom — like a heartbeat: Scientists pick up mysterious fast radio bursts
Properties of the signal suggest that the source lives in a very turbulent environment inside its galaxy
Europe is recruiting astronauts: Here is what it takes to become one
Recruiting new astronauts is the first step into this new era of human space exploration. Many people may have dreamed of becoming an astronaut …
5 twinkling galaxies help us uncover the mystery of the Milky Way’s missing matter
But about half of matter in our galaxy is too dark to be detected. It takes the form of cold, dark clumps of gas, in which lies Milky Way’s&…
An app that can detect distress speech and trigger SOS
The innovation won the first prize in a national contest organized in India by the US-based Marconi Society under its Celestini Programme
MIT scientists built biggest-ever carbon nanotube computer chip
The carbon nanotubes can conduct electricity much faster, are 10 times more energy-efficient and could also be seen as a greener option compared …
New space telescope to create a 3D X-ray map of Universe
The Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma telescope aims to detect up to 3 mn supermassive black holes — many of which will be new to science — and …
IIT-Madras researchers design white light emitters for LED applications
The innovation has been patented by the researchers and was recently granted the Government of India’s ‘SERB-Technology Translation …
