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Prof. Venkatesh Babu along with his team from the Department of Computation and Data Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru. (Photo: DC)

Tech that: Size up a crowd the neural way

Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) are a subset of neural networks that are better suited to process and recognise...

3 Sept 2017 4:14 AM IST

Prashant Pise is Indias Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia.

Runversation: The Mont Blanc at your feet

The Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (also known as UTMB) is a trail-running event full of superlatives!

3 Sept 2017 4:10 AM IST

The new CRISPR technology enables the recording of digital data, like frames of the movie of a galloping horse, in a population of living bacteria. Credit: Wyss Institute

Cell wise: Storing movies in bacteria

CRISPR technology converts bacteria into a hard disk in which information can be stored.

27 Aug 2017 3:53 AM IST

China launched the worlds first quantum-communication satellite called Micius.

Get physical: Quantum teleportation into the orbit is a reality

Humans could teleport themselves to exotic locations, scientists are talking only about sending the state of a single...

27 Aug 2017 3:48 AM IST

Experts have warned that AI poses an existential threat to humanity.

Artificial intelligence: Future perfect, future tense

Experts and tech entrepreneurs hold diametrically opposite views on potential and threat of artificial intelligence.

27 Aug 2017 3:43 AM IST

It was 64 years ago the seed of annual NTBR was sowed after Jawaharlal Nehrus debut visit to Alappuzha.

Speed kings: Migrants power a boat race

With a decline in farming as a vocation, Kerala boat race has taken a hit.

20 Aug 2017 2:19 AM IST

Sridhar Venkatesh during the epic Marathon of Sands.

Runversation: Running the Sahara

Marathon of Sands is a 250-km race across the Sahara that happens in Morocco each year.

20 Aug 2017 2:15 AM IST

A social media-savvy youth could an influencer. he could hold up his phone with a post or a Tweet that questions what a politician said or did not say.

Net effect: Twitterati, a dangerous minority

A new study suggests that a minority of social media users account for a majority of influence.

20 Aug 2017 2:10 AM IST

Everywhere one goes looking for wildlife in peninsular India, two animals jump up: the wild boar and the nilgai.

Conservation: Why Nilgai, Wild boar are vermin

The proliferation of nilgai and wild boar is now endangering other wildlife.

13 Aug 2017 2:25 AM IST

Sambar, that most popular of south Indian curries, has been proved to prevent colon cancer and medical experts say that it is the mixture of spices in the sambar powder that contributes to its effectiveness.

Food cure: How sambar can prevent colon cancer

Sambar is not spicy, doesn't affect the intestine lining and stops the development of carcinogen.

13 Aug 2017 2:20 AM IST

Mumbai, Chennai, Surat and Kolkata will, by 2050, be among the top cities in the Asia-Pacific region to face huge losses every year from flooding.

Good earth: Climate apocalypse not far away

As we collectively hurtle towards destruction, the knowledge that the planet has warmed only by one degree Celsius is no...

13 Aug 2017 2:16 AM IST

Benefits of dung idol Dissolves easily in water and the residue can be used as manure.

Holy cow: Meet the new Indian Idol

Cow dung has been considered sacred since time immemorial.

6 Aug 2017 2:31 AM IST