Sophia the AI robot gained citizenship. Now AI threatens white-collar jobs. Albania appointed Diella, an AI minister, to fight corruption. ...

Digital legacies are increasingly complex and evolving. They include now-familiar items such as social media and banking accounts, along wi...

Adriana Smith, a pregnant woman in Georgia, was declared brain-dead. Due to Georgia's abortion laws, she was kept on life support. The hosp...

In a groundbreaking move, the city of Linhares, Brazil, has granted legal personhood to ocean waves, recognizing their intrinsic right to e...

US Presidential Election Race: The US Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade and delegating abortion regulation to states has bec...

The need to protect Australia's environment is growing more urgent, as highlighted in the State of Environment Report 2021. The concept of ...

Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud, emphasised the pivotal role of identity and its State recognition in determining resource allocati...

“Similar problems are arising in several matters and these people are suffering because of lack of passport after they changed their gender...

The very first human-made artefact to make contact with the Moon was the Soviet Luna 2 in 1959 - an extraordinary feat, as it was only two ...

Recognising animals as ‘interested persons’ is right and (ironically?) humane

When we die, we leave behind informational corpses, composed of emails, text messages and more.

The government has to assume the role of a 'demo and R&D farm' — collecting and sandboxing innovative solutions and scaling them effectivel...

Justice AP Shah, architect of the landmark Delhi high court judgment that first decriminalised homosexuality in July 2009, writes exclusive...

This fits a trend towards a wider expansion of personhood beyond human beings. Sometimes it's being mandated by courts and sometimes just b...

Its potential effects go beyond even the larger LGBT community. This judgement is a part of our collective constitutional heritage.

Pro-choicers, people who favour or support the right of women to choose whether or not to continue a pregnancy to term, believe that the tr...