Technology
How an earthquake can generate tsunami
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiJul 30, 2025 04:55 PM IST A powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami waves of up to 16 feet, which had started to American shores along Hawaii’s islands and off the coast of northern California on Wednesday morning. Tsunami alerts ...
All about CTE, ‘brain commotion’ caused by sports injuries, that New York shooter claimed to have | Explained News
[ad_1] In a note that police found in his wallet, the gunman who killed four people in New York on Monday claimed he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) — a result of playing [American] football in high school. CTE is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated brain trauma. It ...
Why 8.8 magnitude Kamchatka quake is rare but not unusual | Explained News
[ad_1] An 8.8 magnitude earthquake, one of the strongest on record, struck the Kamchatka Peninsula, in Russia’s far-east, about 6,500 km east of Moscow, on Wednesday morning, triggering a tsunami that struck several countries on both sides of the northern Pacific Ocean. The tsunami generated waves as high as 3-4 ...
How a new project plans to curb rhino poaching through radioactive isotope injections | Explained News
[ad_1] A South African university launched an anti-poaching campaign on Thursday (July 31) with a unique approach – injecting radioactive isotopes into rhino horns. It claimed that the method is harmless for the rhinos and allows customs agents to detect trafficked horns. After six years of intense research and testing, ...
OpenAI’s low-cost, open-weight AI models are here. But are they truly ‘open’?
[ad_1] OpenAI has released new open-weight models for the first time in six years. The two new AI language models — gpt-oss-120B and gpt-oss-20B — can run on personal devices such as a laptop, and be fine-tuned for specific purposes. The launch of open-weight AI models comes after multiple delays ...
Google as a ‘monopolist’: What remedies could a US court suggest for curbing its market dominance? | Explained News
[ad_1] After calling Google a “monopolist” last year, US Judge Amit Mehta in the next few days is expected to deliver a judgement on the proposed remedies address the problem. In two separate cases in the United States in 2024 and 2025, courts held that Google monopolised key digital advertising technologies, ...
An eye on CO2 from space could soon shut: why this matters | Explained News
[ad_1] The Trump administration has reportedly asked the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to prepare to shut down two major satellites that monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and crop health. It was unclear why the missions were being ended prematurely, NPR, which first reported on the plan last week, ...
Perplexity’s $34.5B Chrome bid: How AI is fueling the next browser wars | Explained News
[ad_1] AI search startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited offer to purchase Google Chrome for $34.5 billion, a move that comes as a US court considers forcing the tech giant to sell its popular web browser as part of the remedies in an antitrust case that Google lost last year. ...
How scientists built a password-protected mind-reading brain implant
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiAug 16, 2025 05:01 PM IST Scientists have developed a brain-computer interface (BCI) — a device that allows the human brain to communicate with external software or hardware — which works only when the user thinks of a preset password. The findings were detailed in a ...
Why premium chocolates taste flavourful
[ad_1] 4 min readNew DelhiAug 20, 2025 06:07 PM IST When one takes a bite of a premium chocolate, they can taste a range of flavours — from hints of citrus and caramel to subtle notes of spice. A team of researchers has now identified the key factors which influence ...
