Quote of the day by 2001 - A Space Odyssey writer Arthur C. Clarke: 'Human judges can show mercy. But against nature, there is no appeal'The quote of the day highlights the contrast between human systems, which allow mercy, flexibility, and second chances, and the unyielding ...
06 Jan, 2026, 03.41 PM IST
'He's to chips what Yoda's to the force'"Jensen Huang is to semiconductors what Yoda is to the Force," said Sivakumar Sundaram, CEO-Publishing, at Bennett Coleman and Company Limi...
28 Oct, 2024, 08.25 AM IST
Director Denis Villeneuve says 'Dune 3' will be final chapter in epic franchiseDenis Villeneuve has hinted that "Dune 3" could be his final installment in the epic franchise based on Frank Herbert's novels. While Warne...
01 Feb, 2024, 03.15 PM IST
The magic of fungiMaybe we human beings, like fungi, are living communities, at once individual and collective. Perhaps it's time we re-evaluated our convent...
07 Dec, 2023, 12.56 AM IST
A planetary culture creator turns 100The article discusses the centenary of a renowned company that has been generating creative content for the past 100 years. Despite facing ...
17 Oct, 2023, 11.29 PM IST
Sunny side up, very much up thereThe concept of solar farming in space, which involves setting up solar farms in low Earth orbit to transmit clean energy back to Earth, is ...
24 Sep, 2023, 10.59 PM IST
From reel to real: Capegemini CEO Paul Hermelin takes cues from human imagination for emerging technologiesSupercomputer HAL-9000 sparked a debate on threats posed by machines.
18 Mar, 2019, 08.21 AM IST
Is the Oumuamua really an alien aircraft?Scientists, especially two astrophysicists from Harvard, have said that its non-gravitational acceleration is proof of the Oumuamua being a...
08 Dec, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
TeamIndus’ Rahul Narayan's guilty pleasures: Sci-fi books and moviesNarayan gets his fix from 'Star Trek' and sci-fi books.
11 Jan, 2017, 06.04 PM IST
Poke Me: Will we Indians, too stuck in the past even in the present, ever be futuristic?Unfortunately, barring Skype or FaceTime, the rest of how 2001 was supposed to look like didn't live up to 20th century imaginations.
30 Dec, 2015, 01.56 PM IST
Canadian firm patents 20-km high inflatable space elevator"Astronauts would ascend to 20 km by electrical elevator. From the top of the tower, space planes will launch in a single stage to orbit."
16 Aug, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
- Single-celled religions
People with temporal lobe epilepsy have stronger religious feelings.
04 Jun, 2013, 02.48 AM IST
- Existing in vain?
The Voyager I and II spacecraft launched by Nasa in 1977 were probes to check out Jupiter and Saturn.
16 May, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
Myth & MoneyAn automated trading system from the UK called Superstitious Trading Fund has been launched to check out the chances.
15 Aug, 2012, 07.27 AM IST
Mission to mine the moon: Silicon Valley start-up plans to launch all kinds of lunar commerceMoon Express wants to start off all kinds of lunar commerce, beginning with mining the moon for resources that are rare on earth.
13 Apr, 2012, 03.44 AM IST
Justice divineAccordingly, religion and science investigate different sorts of questions, and so, can never give conflicting answers unless they stray fr...
23 Nov, 2011, 04.36 AM IST
From magical to miraculousScience fiction writer Arthur C Clarke famously said that “any sufficiently advanced technology would be indistinguishable from magic.” Wha...
26 Feb, 2010, 06.05 AM IST