Sustainable Development

Design Advance Could Mean Commercial Light-Based Processors Within A Few Years

A team of engineers from MIT, UC Berkeley, and the University of Colorado have overcome a major barrier to light-based computers, offering a means to move beyond the increasin...

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Transhumanists, In Their Own Words

Transhumanism, the idea that humans should use science and technology to extend our natural abilities, is the religion of the 21st century. It's a concept that has been around...

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Here's What the Hell Happened In Bitcoin In 2015

Without a doubt, 2015 was the craziest year yet for Bitcoin, the virtual currency that, in the last six years, has gone from a niche hobby for people who?ve read Neuromancer t...

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The Japanese Professor Who's Spent Three Decades Perfecting A Human Avatar

?It was different to looking at yourself in a mirror, or looking at your image in a video recording. I saw my image moving as I was moving myself. At that moment, I wondered w...

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Spacex Is The World’s Most Interesting Space Company Again

SpaceX is back in business. Monday night?s historic launch and landing of Elon Musk?s new, more powerful Falcon 9 rocket ticked off every box the company needed to prove to th...

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Spacex Sticks Rocket Landing In Its First Launch Since Summer Tragedy

Just like the Millennium Falcon returned to flight in the new Star Wars movie, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket—named after Han Solo’s fictional spaceship—retu...

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NASA Probes Giant Magnetic Explosions Around Earth

The interplay of these electrically charged particles creates what is considered to be a fourth state of matter called plasma. Plasma, which makes up 99 percent of the visible...

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It's Nearly 2016. Why Aren't Banking Apps More Secure?

In 2013, a security researcher studied 40 banking apps for iOS from some of the world’s biggest banks and found that the majority leaked a lot of personal data...

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Swachh Bharat: World Bank Approves Rs 10,000-Crore Loan To Support Campaign

The World Bank has approved a $1.5 billion (nearly Rs 10,036.5 crore) loan for the ambitious Clean India campaign to support the Indian government&nbs...

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Did The LHC Bag A Ginormous New Higgs Boson?

Results presented Tuesday by physicists at the Large Hadron Collider offer the tantalizing hint of a new particle, possibly a very heavy variation of the Higgs boson...

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MARDAANI 3 RETURNS WITH GRIT AND LIMITS

In his review, critic Arnab Banerjee examines how Mardaani 3 revives Shivani Shivaji Roy...

February 2 2026

BOB DYLAN’S IMMIGRANT LAMENT STILL HAUNTS US

In this searing cultural meditation, Khalid Mohamed revisits Bob Dylan’s protest s...

February 1 2026

KALA GHODA ARTS FESTIVAL 2026: AHEAD OF CURVE

Mumbai’s iconic Kala Ghoda Arts Festival returns for its 26th edition, transformin...

January 31 2026