Twitter hacked; 250,000 accounts affected

Twitter is coming forward as the latest site to be hacked. The social network said in a blog post Friday afternoon that approximately 250,000 user accounts were potentially compromised, with attackers gaining access to information including user names and email addresses.

The company first detected signs of an attack earlier in [...]

The rapist in the mirror

If we are to combat sexual violence in our cities, it is time to begin discussing the dysfunctions of young urban men

“I remember seeing a documentary about some animal being eaten from behind while its face seemed to register disbelief, fear, and self-hate at its own [...]

Maths to make faster than light travel possible?

Australian researchers have developed new mathematical formulas that allow for travel beyond speed of light.

 

Einstein’s theory holds that nothing can move faster than the speed of light, but Australian researchers have developed new mathematical formulas that allow for travel beyond this limit.

Applied mathematicians from the University of Adelaide have extended Einstein’s [...]

Malala Yousufzai sent to Britain for treatment

 

A student holds an image of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday by the Taliban, during a rally in Lahore.

Teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, shot in the head during an assassination attempt by the Taliban, was on Monday sent to Britain for treatment as she needs “prolonged medical care”, the Pakistani military [...]

The fascinating possibility of brain-to-brain communication

Dr Christopher James, during an interview with “The Hindu” in Chennai.

Christopher James’ visiting card says he is professor of Healthcare Technology, and Director, Institute of Digital Healthcare at the University of Warwick. What he actually does at his lab is far more fascinating than that description can match.

Prof James and his team [...]

Furry warrior in African battle against TB

An African giant pouched rat trained to detect mines.

The battle against pulmonary tuberculosis may have gained an unlikely ally in the African giant pouched rat, a member of the Muroidea rodent super family that includes hamsters, gerbils, mice and the common kitchen rat.

Once trained, the rodents need only 200th of [...]

25 primate species reported on brink of extinction

Among the most severely hit was the Northern sportive lemur with only 19 known individuals left in the wild in Madagascar. File photo

Twenty-five species of monkeys, langurs, lemurs and gorillas are on the brink of extinction and need global action to protect them from increasing deforestation and illegal trafficking, researchers said Monday.

Six [...]

Scientists discover the source of water on Moon

This image shows the ejecta plume created by the LCROSS Centaur upper stage rocket about 20 seconds after after impact Oct. 9, 2009. The recent findings by researchers from the University of Michigan imply that ice inside permanently shadowed polar craters on the Moon. File photo

Scientists have discovered that the most likely source [...]

Cockroaches essential to our planet for converting nitrogen into fertiliser

They are the most despised of all insects, but an Indian origin biologist has said that cockroaches are essential to the survival of our planet’s delicate ecosystem.

According to Srini Kambhampati, professor and chair of the biology department at the University of Texas at Tyler, the disappearance of cockroaches would play havoc [...]

Indian Armed Force and UAVs

rones are on the rise in the Indian armed forces. Identified as an essential tool for modernization, in recent years UAVs have become a staple of Indian border surveillance. Constrained for a long time by the limits of defense industry expertise and by chronic delays of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) projects, India was initially forced to import off-the-shelf models. [...]