Technology
How secure is Signal, app Trump team used to share war plans? | Explained News
[ad_1] 3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Mar 26, 2025 01:17 PM IST Top Trump administration officials used the messaging app Signal to share war plans and accidentally included The Atlantic magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg in the encrypted group chat. Goldberg published a first-hand account on Monday detailing a discussion that happened ...
Why Martian dust may pose health risks to astronauts | Explained News
[ad_1] 3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Mar 27, 2025 12:11 PM IST Martian dust is likely to cause respiratory issues and an elevated risk of disease among astronauts, according to a new study. It found that the fine particles of the dust could penetrate deep into the lungs and enter the ...
Europe’s space agency retires Gaia, the cartographer of the cosmos: Its mission & significance | Explained News
[ad_1] 5 min readMumbaiUpdated: Mar 27, 2025 09:04 PM IST The European Space Agency (ESA) shut down its space observatory mission, Gaia on Thursday (March 27). Launched into space over a decade ago, Gaia has been instrumental in charting the Milky Way galaxy, revealing its past and estimating its future. ...
Myanmar struck by powerful earthquake, what caused the quake?
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Mar 28, 2025 07:20 PM IST Myanmar Earthquake: Earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and at least three aftershocks struck Myanmar on Friday (March 28), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), topping buildings in the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay, and bringing down a skyscraper under ...
Why Myanmar is frequently rocked by earthquakes | Explained News
[ad_1] 3 min readUpdated: Mar 30, 2025 12:45 PM IST A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 and at least six aftershocks struck central Myanmar on Friday, bringing buildings down in the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay, and killing at least 1,600 people as of Sunday. Neighbouring Thailand was also affected: an ...
Solar Eclipse 2025: What is a partial solar eclipse? | Explained News
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Mar 29, 2025 07:07 PM IST On Saturday (March 29), a part of the sun will be obscured by the moon’s shadow, in a partial solar eclipse. When and where will today’s eclipse be visible? The eclipse is expected to begin at approximately 2:20:43 PM ...
What a new study found about the long-term impact of deep sea mining | Explained News
[ad_1] 3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Mar 30, 2025 11:30 AM IST A strip of the Pacific Ocean seabed that was mined for metals more than 40 years ago has still not recovered, according to a new study. It said that the mining had led to long-term sediment changes and reduced ...
How Big Tech has shifted focus from AI ‘risk’ to ‘innovation’ and less regulation | Explained News
[ad_1] Until recently, the AI landscape seemed dominated by American companies such as OpenAI, Google, Meta and Anthropic, all headquartered in California, US. However, in January, Chinese company DeepSeek released a large language model that matched its American counterparts in terms of capabilities at a fraction of their cost and ...
Explained: How screentime before bed is keeping you awake | Explained News
[ad_1] 3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Apr 1, 2025 12:55 PM IST Each hour of screen time after going to bed increased the odds of suffering from insomnia by 59%, and reduced the duration of sleep by 24 minutes, a new study has found. Humans must get seven to eight hours ...
Breakthrough Prize 2025: What to know about the awards dubbed ‘Oscars of Science’ | Explained News
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Apr 21, 2025 11:03 AM IST The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics was awarded to 13,508 physicists across four collaborative projects at CERN, the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, Switzerland. Dubbed the “Oscars of Science”, the award was announced on Saturday (April 5) ...
