Should Robots Have Rights?

Humans have historically used race, religion, gender, and sexuality as justifications to deny others the right to vote, marry, own property, and live freely. While robots w...

With an endowment of $39.6 billion, and an annual grant support of about $4 billion, US-based Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is one of the leading private found...

Last week, Google Doodle introduced billions of people to an incredible woman: Esther Nkulenu Ocloo, a Ghanaian entrepreneur, advocate for women, pioneer of microfinance an...

New Computers Can Delete Thoughts Without Your Knowledge, Experts Warn

“Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind,” wrote the playwright John Milton in 1634. But, nearly 400 years later, technological advances in machines that ca...

Buddha's Birthplace Faces Serious Air Pollution Threat

The historic site of Buddha's birthplace in Nepal faces a serious threat from air pollution, scientists and officials have warned. Recent data collected from air quality mo...

Early Humans Co-existed With Hominins In Africa

Scientists say the findings raises questions about human evolution, including the prospect that behaviours previously attributed to humans may have been developed by homini...

Seeing A Syrian Refugee's Journey Through A Child's Eye

Norwegian filmmaker Egil Håskjold Larsen on ’69 Minutes Of 86 Days’, a refugee documentary focussed on humanity, not horror By the time Norwegian film-mak...

Priyanka On Gender Bias In Movies: We Have Already Hit The 100 Crore Mark With Kangana's Film

Priyanka Chopra met up with the media today to talk about her movie Baywatch. PC's first Hollywood flick is all set to release on May 25th and the actress could not be more...

The "Chamgadars" Of Devbhoomi

Chamgadarh? Woh toh yahan nahi hote (Bats? You don’t find them here),” a villager said matter-of-factly. His friend added, on a more scientific note, “Yah...