Why Do Orcas Spare Some Boats but Damage Others? Researchers Track the PatternSince 2020, Iberian orcas have repeatedly interacted with sailboats, targeting rudders along the coasts of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco. Re...
02 Mar, 2026, 04.10 PM IST
Sperm Whales Have an Alphabet: How AI Is Decoding Their Deep-Sea ConversationsScientists are using artificial intelligence to study sperm whale clicks. These clicks, called codas, show structured patterns similar to h...
23 Feb, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
Word of the day: AnthropomorphizationWord of the day: Anthropomorphization, the act of giving human traits to non-human entities, is a phenomenon discovered in culture, literat...
29 Jan, 2026, 11.20 PM IST
ChatGPT, Gemini & others are doing something terrible to your brainGrowing concerns are emerging about the mental health impact of AI platforms like ChatGPT. Reports indicate potential risks, including decr...
04 Jul, 2025, 12.54 PM IST
Should we start taking the welfare of AI seriously?As AI systems grow more advanced, some researchers are beginning to explore whether these models could one day become conscious and deserve...
24 Apr, 2025, 11.19 PM IST
Why AI can't take over creative writingChatGPT is a large language model (LLM) learned from a huge corpus of text from the internet. It predicts the probability of the next word ...
06 Apr, 2025, 06.08 PM IST
Visual rhythms in their structures evoke parallel practices in dance and music traditionsThere is much more that a gifted sutradhari (master-planner) and shilpi (sculptor) can also achieve. Take, for example, the mid-6th century...
22 Mar, 2025, 11.13 PM IST
At CES tech show, seeking robots neither too human nor too machineWith big, expressive eyes, elfin ears and adorable cooing, Miroka and Miroki could be an apparition from your favorite cartoon. But in addi...
17 Jan, 2024, 10.06 AM IST
Family Guy Season 22 Episode 5: Release date, what to expect and moreOn October 1, 2023, the Griffins returned to the small screen with the premiere of the 22nd season on Fox.
31 Oct, 2023, 02.16 AM IST
Cryptoverse: Every frog has its day as pepe pops 7,000%Pepe, a coin inspired by an anthropomorphized frog popular in internet memes, leapt nearly 7,000% in the 17 days after its April 16 launch,...
16 May, 2023, 11.59 AM IST
Do mind your language, and of others tooHe summed up his mistrust of the verbal in the famous conclusion to his 1921 magnum opus, Tractatus Logico Philosophicus, 'Whereof we canno...
26 Jun, 2022, 12.44 AM IST
The future of voice: A smarter bot can make conversation less frustrating, more intuitiveYou could start a conversation with someone about the weather, and the next minute you are talking about your favourite sports team’s perfo...
17 Aug, 2021, 11.34 AM IST
Dashing hounds in dogkini, robe & more: Why pet couture is a growing market in IndiaThe lockdown has brought owners closer to their pets physically and psychologically.
14 Feb, 2021, 10.04 AM IST
Man's best friend: What makes your cute little furry companion special?Decoding the most significant interspecies partnerships in history.
20 Feb, 2020, 05.48 PM IST
Dr. D's column: Why is Winnie the Pooh stuck in this un'bear'able situation in China?The cartoon character has been banned in the country over comparisons with President Xi Jinping.
21 Jul, 2017, 01.10 PM IST
Microsoft’s Cortana to take on Apple's Siri and Google NowCortana is supposed to be a little wittier, more personable, and capable of learning more about you than Siri or Google Now.
23 Apr, 2014, 10.04 AM IST
Sundarbans’ Saline KillerAshutosh Dali could not grow a single shoot in his field ever since it got flooded by saline water during last year’s Cyclone Aila. Yet, th...
05 Jun, 2010, 12.39 AM IST