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This Animator-Turned-Roboticist Is Making A Universal Language For Robots

“Robot Animator creates a new interface inside Autodesk Maya that’s specific to robotics,” Flessas told me. The software simplifies robotic programming for t...

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Why Is India Dragging Its Heels Over The Criminalisation Of Marital Rape?

When I started looking into the issue of marital rape in India, I soon realised how difficult it would be to get anyone to talk. It is a touchy subject, because there is still...

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Scientists Get One Step Closer To A Universal Flu Vaccine

LAST YEAR’S SEASONAL flu vaccine was a bit of a dud: It reduced a person’s risk of needing to see a doctor for the flu by only 23 percent. That wasn’t anyone...

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Why Antibiotics Are Precious

You need only go back 70 years to a time when a scratch and a common infection could prove deadly. Routine surgery and childbirth could be a hazardous business. Penicillin had...

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Here's How Artificial Leaves Could Produce Zero-Emissions Fuel

A new study from Monash University in Melbourne, Australia is a reminder that even if the political will to ditch fossil fuels is in short supply, the technology to produce en...

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This 3D Printer Can Print 10 Materials At Once

Now researchers have made a printer they claim can use up to ten different materials at once. The “MultiFab,” made by MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial I...

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Where Are The Women Leaders?

Progress towards closing the gender gap in politics has been slow, according to data accumulated by UN Women. In fact, since 2005 there has only been a 3.5% increase in the gl...

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India To Host ‘Call To Action Summit 2015 – Ending Preventable Child And Maternal Deaths’

The Summit will be a platform for 24 nations and the Summit partners to deliberate upon the importance of systems, partnerships, innovations, convergence, and evidence in endi...

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This Material Can Remove Carbon Pollution From the Atmosphere

The process involves heating up a liquid called lithium carbonate to a very high temperature and passing a small electrical current through it. The final result is a material ...

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The First Real Smart Drug? Researchers Say Modafinil Works

A study published this week, however, makes bold claims on the properties of one of the most well-known smart drugs: modafinil. Modafinil is a medication prescribed for sleep ...

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FEARLESS NADIA’S HUNTERWALI FILM PHENOMENON

Film historian and Proffessor Piyush Roy revisits Hunterwali (1935), the groundbreaking ...

March 14 2026

ADAMYA REVIEW BY SAIBAL CHATTERJEE

Writer-director Ranjan Ghosh’s Adamya (The Unbroken) is nothing short of a marvel,...

March 12 2026

STORIES TRAVEL FROM PAGE TO SCREEN

The Waterfront Indie Film Festival (WIFF) Mumbai launches its literature vertical with a...

March 11 2026