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Drones don’t just blow up the enemy

 A French gendarmerie drone flies to monitor for wild camping and forest fires around Lake Sainte-Croix, southeastern France on August 8, 2026.
Updated on Nov 5, 2026 03:13 IST

AI models may not be so opaque after all

One of its neurons fired in response to foxes’ faces as well as the fronts of cars, suggesting the model packs concepts together arbitrarily in a manner humans have no hope of understanding.
Published on Oct 25, 2026 06:42 IST

America’s new era of private science

Now there are signs the innovation machine is breaking down.
Updated on Oct 20, 2026 11:12 IST

A Nobel for illuminating life’s asymmetry

Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai are awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden, October 7
Published on Oct 8, 2026 03:38 IST

China wants to get inside your head

A BrainCo technician has electrodes attached to his head for a demonstration at the exhibition of the World Robot Conference in Beijing, China, on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026.
Published on Oct 7, 2026 05:13 IST