Swiss researchers have calculated pi to 62.8 trillion digits – and it’s both fascinating and useless

With only ten decimal places of the mathematical constant, we could calculate the circumference of Earth to a precision of less than a millimetre.

Julia Collins, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 11:30 pm

Watch: World’s first all-civilian crew to visit space aboard SpaceX craft returns to earth

The spacecraft Inspiration4 was in orbit for three days.

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 01:44 pm

Instagram is bad for teenagers – and its owner Facebook has known this for more than a year

Internal research showed that the photo-sharing platform is harmful to teen girls’ body image and well-being.

Christia Spears Brown, The Conversation

· Sep 18, 2021 · 11:30 pm

In the pandemic, more Indian children are falling victim to online grooming for sexual exploitation

Cyber police and NGOs say there has been a rise in cases of men befriending girls on the internet and sexually abusing them.

Karishma Mehrotra

· Sep 18, 2021 · 11:30 am

Apple’s plan to scan iPhones for child abuse images raises the question: Can you trust Big Tech?

Risks are different depending on who you are and where you are in the world.

Laurin Weissinger, The Conversation

· Sep 16, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Ray-Ban’s smart glasses let you wear Facebook on your face. But why would you want to?

Here’s what the tech giant is expecting to achieve and what it means for your privacy.

Ben Egliston, The Conversation

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Marcus Carter, The Conversation

· Sep 14, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Elon Musk’s Tesla Bot may not be the Terminator, but it does raise some serious concerns

The track record of the company’s self-driving cars does not bode well for the robots that rely on the same technology.

Andrew Maynard, The Conversation

· Sep 13, 2021 · 11:30 pm

The world can move to 100% renewable electricity with these three energy storage technologies

If successfully implemented, the payoff of these technologies will be enormous.

Kerry Rippy, The Conversation

· Sep 11, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Interview: India’s laws need to keep up with the rapidly evolving science of gene editing

Debojyoti Chakraborty, one of the few researchers in India working on CRISPR, speaks about the benefits of the technology and the concerns around it.

Karishma Mehrotra

· Sep 11, 2021 · 11:30 am

Scientists identify the genes that cause endometriosis, giving hope for a new treatment

Ten per cent of women worldwide experience the condition.

Krina Zondervan, The Conversation

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Thomas Tapmeier, The Conversation

· Sep 09, 2021 · 09:30 pm

Investigation: Your WhatsApp messages are far less private than you think

Since purchasing the messaging app in 2014, Facebook has quietly undermined its sweeping security assurances in multiple ways.

Peter Elkind, ProPublica

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Jack Gillum, ProPublica

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Craig Silverman, ProPublica

· Sep 09, 2021 · 01:30 pm

India’s met department – beyond the life and times of Anna Mani

A pioneering scientist laid the foundations of weather measurement systems that, though contentious, remain central to national life.

Ishan Kukreti

· Sep 08, 2021 · 09:00 am