Spread the love (This article forms a part of the Science for All newsletter that takes the jargon out of science and puts the fun in! Subscribe now!) The world’s only winged mammals, nocturnal bats, of which there are some 1,500 species globally, have never quite got great press. Superstition has them down as bad omens. And science implicates them as...
What happens when AI begins to design viruses?
Spread the love The computer did not create a virus. It did not touch a test tube or handle a living cell. What it did may ultimately be more consequential: it helped decide what the virus’s genome should be. Researchers at Stanford University and the Arc Institute used artificial intelligence (AI) to design complete genomes of bacteriophages – viruses that infect...
Airbnb CEO to tech leaders: You are responsible for giving AI a bad name
Spread the love Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky believes that the tech CEOs are partly responsible for AI’s bad name, arguing that the industry is building too many products for businesses instead of creating AI tools that ordinary people can use in their daily lives. Speaking in an interview on the Yahoo Finance podcast “Power Players with Brian Sozzi” earlier this...
Hurried cremation? Ex-TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh arrested in RG Kar rape-murder case
Spread the love Ex-TMC MLA Nirmal Ghosh arrested in RG Kar case (File Photo). KOLKATA: Former Trinamool Congress MLA Nirmal Ghosh was arrested on Thursday in connection with the alleged hurried cremation of the body of a doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024.Ghosh and two others were named in...
Kolkata nurse found dead in hospital washroom during night shift
Spread the love The preliminary investigation found no visible injury marks on the nurse’s body, while no suicide note was recovered, the officer said. KOLKATA: A 30-year-old nurse was found dead under mysterious circumstances at the state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, police said on Thursday.She was on night duty at the hospital’s high-dependency unit (HDU) on Wednesday,...
தங்கத்தின் விலை மீண்டும் உயர்வு! கவலையில் பெண்கள்
Spread the love சென்னையில் இன்று (ஆகஸ்ட் 13) 22 கேரட் ஆபரணத் தங்கத்தின் விலை மீண்டும் உயர்ந்துள்ளது. இன்று சவரனுக்கு ரூ.160 உயர்ந்து, ஒரு சவரன் ரூ.1,13,760-க்கும், கிராமுக்கு ரூ.20 அதிகரித்து ஒரு கிராம் ரூ.14,220-க்கும் விற்பனை செய்யப்படுகிறது. இந்நிலையில், தங்கம் விலை கடந்த சில நாட்களாகவே தொடர்ந்து ஏற்ற, இறக்கத்துடன் காணப்பட்டு வருகிறது. ஒரு நாள் கணிசமாக உயர்வதும், மறுநாள் குறைவதுமாக இருப்பதால், நகை வாங்க திட்டமிடுபவர்கள் தங்கம் விலை நிலவரத்தை தொடர்ந்து கவனித்து வருகின்றனர். கடந்த ஆகஸ்ட் 3-ம் தேதி...
‘Respect decision’: Tata Trusts reacts to N Chandrasekaran’s exit move
Spread the love N Chandrasekaran’s decision was prompted by the failure of his proposed extension to receive unanimous approval. (Reuters file photo) In its first reaction to N Chandrasekaran’s move to step down as Tata Sons Chairman, Tata Trusts said it respects the decision. In a statement issued on Thursday, the trust said its nominee directors received an email from...
Mitchell Starc scripts history, breaks all-time left-arm Test record
Spread the love Australia’s Mitchell Starc (AP Photo) Mitchell Starc continued to add to his remarkable Test legacy on Thursday, becoming the most successful left-arm bowler in the history of Test cricket during Australia’s opening Test against Bangladesh in Darwin.Starc reached the landmark when he dismissed Bangladesh opener Shadman Islam in the ninth over of the first innings. The wicket...
E20 row: Carmakers data flags fuel contamination concerns; complaint later withdrawn
Spread the love Since April 1, when E20 became the only petrol available, concerns among consumers have increased. Amid the raging debate on impact of ethanol-blended E20 petrol on cars, internal communications exchanged among auto industry executives reveal concerns on fuel contamination.The rollout of E20 petrol has sparked dissatisfaction among motorists, with hundreds claiming the fuel has lowered vehicle mileage,...
‘Jadeja will punch me, but he is on the wrong side of thirty’: Ex-India cricketer
Spread the love Ravindra Jadeja Former India spinner Murali Kartik believes Manav Suthar has the qualities required to eventually take over from Ravindra Jadeja in India’s Test side.Jadeja and Suthar are both part of India’s squad for the upcoming Test series against Sri Lanka, with the two left-arm spinners expected to feature in the playing XI for the opening Test...
