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Australia social media ban on users aged under 16 kicks in: Why it could trigger a global crackdown | Explained News
[ad_1] Australia has become the first country in the world to enforce a minimum age for social media use, requiring platforms such as Instagram, YouTube and Snap to block more than a million accounts of users below the age of 16. The Australian legislation, which has drawn criticism from tech ...
Data centres in space? Here’s what Google’s Project Suncatcher attempts to do, and why | Explained News
[ad_1] 5 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Dec 11, 2025 01:44 PM IST Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the company has begun work on a long-term research initiative, Project Suncatcher, aiming to start putting solar-powered data centres into space by 2027. “We are taking our first step in ’27,” he told ...
How do these instruments work?
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiDec 20, 2025 07:38 AM IST There are currently 47 Doppler weather radars (DWRs) across the country to survey weather patterns and forecast, Minister of State for Earth Science Jitendra Singh has said in response to a query during the Winter Session of the Parliament. He ...
Ramanujan birth anniversary The Hardy–Ramanujan number What 1729 reveals about Srinivasa Ramanujan, even to non-mathematicians
[ad_1] National Mathematics Day: December 22 is observed as National Mathematics Day in India to honour Srinivasa Ramanujan, the man who seemingly knew infinity. While Ramanujan is celebrated as a genius and a legend, often, there is the danger of popular discourse around him stopping right there — celebrating him ...
Isro LVM3-M6 rocket mission launches BlueBird Block-2 heaviest-ever satellite record 6,100 kg, is test of capability cost
[ad_1] ISRO BlueBird Block-2 Satellite Launch Explained: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched the LVM-3 rocket carrying its heaviest-ever satellite — BlueBird Block-2, weighing nearly 6,100 kg — on Wednesday at 8:24 am. A modified version of the LVM-3 rocket will also be used in the Gaganyaan missions. The ...
Explained Interview | How nanobots may help deliver targeted treatment against cancer | Explained News
[ad_1] Current cancer therapies are limited by the challenge of delivering medicines deep inside tumours while sparing healthy tissue, a barrier that must be overcome to realise the promise of targeted and personalised medicine. Dr Ambarish Ghosh, professor at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, has addressed this challenge ...
As India’s law enforcement agencies turn to AI, the potential benefits, risks | Explained News
[ad_1] A predictive artificial intelligence (AI) tool called MahaCrimeOS AI, built with support from Microsoft, is assisting Maharashtra Police in investigations. The Delhi Police plans to double down on AI-assisted facial recognition technology. Another deepfake detection software, developed by a research and development body under the IT Ministry, is being ...
Tech predictions 2026: When AI became part of the everyday, where it might go in 2026 | Explained News
[ad_1] A year is now an awfully long period of time. The sheer speed of AI adoption has expedited all other tech cycles, making it difficult to predict what’s coming our way in the next few weeks. As a result, we are living in exciting times, with new products and ...
Meet the ‘fairy lantern’ flower, the bizarre new parasitic plant discovered in Malaysia
[ad_1] A bizarre plant was discovered near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the periphery of a forest preserve’s picnic area. This plant, called a fairy lantern, is a parasite that steals all its energy and nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi that dwell within the soil. Usually hidden underground, the fairy lantern periodically ...
‘Bomb cyclone’ hits the northern US: What is this storm?
[ad_1] 3 min readNew DelhiDec 31, 2025 07:00 PM IST A powerful “bomb cyclone” barreled across the northern United States on Monday (December 29), triggering severe winter weather in the Midwest and the East Coast. Blizzard conditions with frigid temperatures, cold air, strong winds, and snow led to treacherous travel ...
