The vast rural expanses of India are often overshadowed by the country’s urban-centric digital growth; digital isolation has long stifled progress. Starlink’s ambitious satellite network now promises to turn night into day, literally and figuratively, by beaming high-speed internet across terrains where cables don’t reach and towers don’t exist. But as this technological advance prepared...
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October 7, 2026October 7, 2026Science & Tech
Why do we suddenly forget why we walked into a room?
A: Sometimes you get up from your desk because you need scissors and walk into the next room. Suddenly you stop and find your brain has stopped working. Experts have some explanations for why this happens. For one, our memory depends on context, and at your desk, there are cues, e.g. tape, to remind you...
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October 7, 2026October 7, 2026Science & Tech
SpaceX exec renews Starlink pitch as approvals lay pending
Years into SpaceX’s efforts to get permission to operate its satellite broadband service in India, a senior executive of the firm once again pitched Starlink as a last-mile internet access solution in the country. “We can’t talk about building the future at scale without talking about closing the digital divide, because otherwise we’d just be...
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October 7, 2026October 7, 2026Science & Tech
Norway’s proposed moratorium on smart glasses | Explained
European regulators are training their sights on smart glasses, as the wearable device equipped with high-definition cameras, ambient audio recording, and artificial intelligence is becoming common in Europe, blurring the lines between technological innovation and citizens’ privacy. Norway is taking the lead as its government prepares a proposal seeking a temporary ban on smart glasses...
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October 7, 2026October 7, 2026Science & Tech
AI appears to have been used in bank hacks: South Korean President Lee
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Tuesday that AI models are believed to have been used in some recent hacking incidents against banks and called for the country to develop cybersecurity methods suited to the AI era. “In some hacking incidents, signs have emerged of AI being used, causing considerable public concern and...
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October 7, 2026October 7, 2026Science & Tech
Analysis: Why NASA wants to build a nuclear reactor on the moon
NASA wants to install a nuclear reactor near the moon’s south pole by 2030. Its planned output, 20 kilowatt (kW), could power a few households on earth. Russia’s planned reactor for the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), led by China, will produce around 10 kW. But the fact that they are nuclear makes them significant....
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October 7, 2026October 7, 2026Science & Tech
The Nobel for IceCube and the search for neutrinos from outer space | Explained
The story so far: Belgian-born U.S. physicist Francis Halzen has received the physics Nobel Prize for 2026 for helping build the IceCube observatory in Antarctica — a telescope that has no mirrors or lenses and doesn’t even point at the stars. Using 5,000 sensors buried deep in the ice, IceCube has explored what natural processes...
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October 6, 2026October 6, 2026Science & Tech
Indian research can shape the world
People fret about the buses India has missed in its technological growth. The list is familiar: aircraft, advanced weapons, new materials, and biotechnology. In each, we look at what others built decades ago and ask why we did not. There is value in this introspection, and there is danger. The value is that it forces...
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October 6, 2026October 6, 2026Science & Tech
Analysis: Why NASA wants to build nuclear reactor on the moon
NASA wants to install a nuclear reactor near the moon’s south pole by 2030. Its planned output, 20 kilowatt (kW), could power a few households on earth. Russia’s planned reactor for the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), led by China, will produce around 10 kW. But the fact that they are nuclear makes them significant....
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October 6, 2026October 6, 2026Science & Tech
Pioneer of IceCube neutrino detector wins 2026 Physics Nobel
This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to Francis Halzen for his contributions to IceCube, a neutrino observatory in the South Pole, and for the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin. While there are several massive detectors for these extremely elusive particles, IceCube is designed to find high-energy neutrinos that are believed...
