2023 in a blink: 10 groundbreaking science photos of the year
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Thirsty AIs: ChatGPT ‘drinks’ half a litre of fresh water to answer 20-50 questions, says study
Massive amounts of water go into maintaining the data centres of such AI tools
Fourth industrial revolution: ‘4IR is not real’
The current innovation cycle is not new. It was formulated in the 1980s if not before
Nuclear waste management: Is Finland’s Onkalo facility safe?
The facility, set to begin operation in 2024, isn't based on a foolproof concept
Union budget 2022-23: Is India‘s Rs 13,700 cr space budget enough?
Smart policy moves can help India circumvent budget constraints, experts say
Where should we be looking for the next SARS-like virus? AI offers clues
Machine learning can help shortlist animal hosts that need further monitoring
Robots to retrieve radioactive remnants from Fukushima, other retired nuclear plants
The £12 million 'LongOps' project is a collaboration between Japan and UK
COVID-19: Do antibodies hold the key
Watch what new research in Israel, the Netherlands have come up with
Space Race 2.0: Calendar of space launches in next 15 years
Here's a look at what governments and private firms plan to do in space
Study unearths potential diagnostic markers for male infertility
Eight genes causing infertility identified
From 2G to 5G spectrum: How Chawla panel put value to natural resources
A high-power committee in 2011 prepared a roadmap for transparent resource distribution
First-ever digital geological map of moon released by US Geological Survey
It will serve as a blue print for future human lunar missions
Indian Space Research Organisation’s maiden solar mission, Aditya-L1 reaches its destination
The mission to study the sun is among a slate of projects ISRO has lined up through the year
Why some people don’t trust science — and how to change their minds
Merely informing people about facts has been found not to change attitudes
The earliest modern humans in Europe mastered bow-and-arrow technology 54,000 years ago
Neanderthals did not develop mechanically propelled weapons, used traditional weapons
Budget 2023-24: Deep Ocean Mission gets Rs 600 crore; funds to be spent on research vessel, identifying minerals
Experts raised concerns over the impacts of mining on deep-ocean biodiversity
108th Indian Science Congress: Research needed to ensure carbon capture tech is efficient, experts say
Directly Observed Short Course Therapy, vaccination can make India TB-free
COVID-19: Is India equipped to carry out clinical trials on vaccines?
The country does not have the animals for such pre-clinical trials
NASA to crash into asteroid, ESA to follow up
European Space Agency teams up with NASA to test planetary defence programme
Has ISRO found its humanoid for space travel?
If India's space agency has a bot ready, why are its scientists scouting for another
Brightest, most distant radio signal detected till now has a rare source — a group of merging galaxies
A fast radio burst that occurred when the universe was just 5 billion years old was detected in 2022
US study finds hundreds of thousands of nanoplastic particles in bottled drinking water
Each litre contained 110,000 to 370,000 particles, 90% of them smaller than microplastics
Taiwan dominates the world’s supply of computer chips — no wonder the US is worried
US wants to prevent China from exercising a global tech leadership role
5G: A dangerous generation
Radiation fears mount as the world gets ready to embrace the network-intensive 5G
Tornadoes are not born in clouds but on ground, says new research
Scientists find that they form from the ground up or along the wind circulation column