A doodle reveals da Vinci’s early deconstruction of gravity
When Leonardo da Vinci wasn’t painting a masterpiece or dreaming up flying machines, he was pondering the mysteries of gravity.
Bird brained: Cockatoos know how to pick the right tools for the job
15 Feb 2023 1:30 PMDr. Auersperg and other researchers showed the innateness of this curiosity in 2021, when they reported that wild Goffin’s cockatoos use tools.
Turkey’s tragedy: Of souls trapped under fallen concrete
15 Feb 2023 1:30 AMWith roads closed and mobile phones not working properly because of power cuts and congested networks, there is little information at all on what is...
Radical notions: Euthanasia versus population control
14 Feb 2023 9:30 AMLast year, when asked by a school-age boy to elaborate on his mass seppuku theories, Dr. Narita graphically described to a group of assembled students...
Intimidation tactics: Chinese spy balloons are a sign of weakness
13 Feb 2023 9:30 AMIt’s not even clear that a spy balloon is more cost-effective than a cluster of small satellites.
Course Correction: Why Adani’s $100 bn loss didn’t rattle markets?
13 Feb 2023 1:30 AMThe steadfastness of India’s economy attests to the size and seeming strength of the country’s broader business landscape
The shift: Bing just made internet searches interesting again
11 Feb 2023 1:30 PMMicrosoft released the new Bing, which is powered by artificial intelligence software from OpenAI, the maker of the popular chatbot ChatGPT, with...
Food fantastic: Mushrooms aren’t here to destroy us — or to save us
9 Feb 2023 1:30 PMIn nature, mushrooms happily appear under the grossest and most fractious circumstances, when little else will.