Science and Technology

By Harshit | 2 October 2025 | London | 12:00 PM BST When something dies, a telltale radioactive signal ticks like a natural clock. Discovering it helped scientists solve all sorts of natural mysteries. Sewage, Cosmic Rays, and a Radical Idea In the mid-1940s, U.S. chemist Willard Libby set out to prove the existence of […]

By Harshit | 1 October 2025 | Dalian, China | 09:30 EDT Introduction In a landmark achievement in energy storage research, scientists at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, have built the world’s first rechargeable hydride ion (H⁻) battery. The work, led by Professor Ping Chen and published in Nature,

By Harshit | 1 OCTOBER 2025 | San Francisco | 9:00 AM EDT A New Player Enters the Satellite Internet Race U.S. startup Spacecoin announced on Wednesday that it had successfully transmitted secured blockchain data through space, marking what it called a first for the industry. The company’s leadership framed the achievement as a proof-of-concept

By Harshit | 30, September 2025 | Cambridge, USA | 09:30 EDT A mysterious interstellar object currently passing through the solar system may be far larger than first believed — and could even represent alien technology, according to Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb and his colleagues. The object, designated 3I/ATLAS, was first detected by NASA on

By Harshit | 30 September 2025 | San Francisco | 9:00 AM EDT OpenAI announced Monday that new parental controls are now available for all users of its popular AI chatbot, ChatGPT. The feature allows parents to link accounts with their teens and manage settings to create a safer, age-appropriate experience. The rollout comes as

By Harshit | 29 September 2025 | Washington, D.C., USA | 9:30 AM EDT NASA is exploring the possibility of deploying nuclear weapons to prevent an asteroid from colliding with the Moon — a dramatic step that underscores the high stakes of planetary defense. The asteroid, designated 2024 YR4, was first spotted in December 2024

By Harshit | 29 September 2025 | San Francisco | 9:10 AM EDT The technology landscape is no stranger to strategic alliances, but few carry the potential to redefine an entire industry as profoundly as the newly announced collaboration between Nvidia and Intel. This historic partnership, focused on AI-powered consumer PCs and cloud infrastructure, could

By Harshit | 28 September 2025 | Bengaluru, India | 8:45 IST The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India’s premier space research agency, has issued an Announcement of Opportunity (AO) inviting Indian scientists to utilise archival data from past Venus missions. This initiative is part of ISRO’s broader strategy to expand planetary research beyond the

By Harshit | 28 September 2025 | San Francisco | 10:15 AM PDT The mobile chip industry is heating up as MediaTek and Qualcomm unveiled their latest flagship processors this week, signaling a new wave of high-performance smartphones. MediaTek introduced the Dimensity 9500, while Qualcomm revealed the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, both promising significant

By Harshit | 27 September 2025 10:15 EDT Sadness can overwhelm the body so deeply that it produces tears. Unlike the ones that keep our eyes moist or flush out irritants like dust and onion vapours, these so-called emotional tears are linked directly to the brain’s processing of grief, despair, and intense feelings. More Than