China’s EV boom is cleaning the air, and may have prevented 262,000 deathsElectric vehicles are proving to be life savers. Studies show China's shift to electric cars has prevented thousands of premature deaths. A...
10 Jun, 2026, 03.20 PM IST
In 1941, a Swiss engineer pulled burrs from his dog’s fur after a walk, and they weren’t just seeds: They revealed the idea behind VelcroOn a brisk afternoon in 1941, while walking through the countryside, Georges de Mestral had a lightbulb moment. His dog was covered in stub...
29 May, 2026, 03.37 PM IST
For both the compulsive trader and careful investor: 25 stocks to watch if risk appetite returns; some with upside potential, some notIf the price of crude oil softens, Indian equities may again see a risk-on phase. Tariff concerns are no longer the central issue; the larg...
24 May, 2026, 04.23 PM IST
Novo Nordisk uses AI to fast-track drug launches, expand India roleNovo Nordisk is leveraging Artificial Intelligence to significantly speed up new drug launches. The company expects to cut down the time to...
23 May, 2026, 04.42 PM IST
Quote of the day by Charles Darwin: “If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some...” — The profound wisdom from the evolution pioneer: Ignoring music, poetry, and beauty can slowly rob the human soul of happinessCharles Darwin quote of the day is gaining fresh attention in 2026 as millions struggle with burnout, stress, screen addiction, and emotion...
18 May, 2026, 07.44 PM IST
Quote of the day by Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman: “The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from.....” The man who proved your mind is a liar — and why Kahneman’s warning still matters today - Ultimate lesson on illusion, overthinking, human bias, and the psychology of modern lifeDaniel Kahneman quote of the day: “The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from....” The man who exposed...
08 May, 2026, 06.31 PM IST
Should students study engineering in AI era? Khan Sir explains job market reality amid layoffs. 'There will be a Super AI'The growing influence of AI has raised concerns about whether engineering remains a safe career choice, but educator Khan Sir believes thes...
18 Apr, 2026, 08.31 PM IST
India's Ayush 'innovations' featured in WHO's brief on AI in traditional medicineThe WHO has lauded India's integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) with traditional medicine systems like Ayush, acknowledging the coun...
12 Jul, 2025, 04.26 PM IST
Scientists develop new AI model to discover genetic risk factors for motor neurone diseaseThe tool has been used by the team to trace 690 risk genes for motor neurone disease (MND), many of which are new discoveries.
21 Jan, 2022, 06.38 PM IST
Time to hit the snooze button: AI may improve treatment of sleep disordersArtificial intelligence can also boost prediction of disease and treatment prognosis.
02 Mar, 2020, 05.47 PM IST
IIT-Hyderabad researchers develop method to further understand AI technologyThis would help understand the artificial neural networks or ANN which are AI models and programs that mimic the working of the human brain...
09 Sep, 2019, 01.18 PM IST
This new AI is better at predicting risk of heart attack than your family doctorThe system can identify patterns correlating the variables to heart attack with over 90% accuracy.
13 May, 2019, 06.14 PM IST
Artificial Intelligence will not replace, but augment people: Sebastian Thrun, co-founder Udacity“AI is not made to replace people, but augment people. Much like mobile phones have done for us.” Thrun said.
23 Feb, 2019, 07.18 PM IST
Google I/O Day 2 Highlights: How AI, machine learning can save more lives by making healthcare predictiveGoogle’s deep learning models are better listeners.
10 May, 2018, 09.58 AM IST
Google for help if you want a hand on artificial intelligence, machine learningAI startups can now take off from this Google Developers Launchpad
27 Jul, 2017, 09.04 AM IST
Siri to become more 'honest' after new AI algorithmIt learned to recognise hair in pictures with greater reliability than that enabled by the training.
17 Nov, 2016, 05.05 PM IST
Siri to become more 'honest' after new AI algorithmFor example, you could train a neural network to identify sky in a photograph by showing it hundreds of pictures with the sky labelled.
17 Nov, 2016, 03.55 PM IST