Can the world’s megacities survive the digital age?

Research shows that technology disrupts economies of scale, turning megacities' huge populations from strength to liability.

Vincent Mack, The Conversation

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Christopher H. Lim, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 09:30 pm

India is about to embark on the most ambitious electric-car transformation in the world

The country wants to shift completely to electric vehicles by 2030.

Manu Balachandran, qz.com

· Yesterday · 08:30 pm

Watch: When SpaceX laughs at itself while teaching how not to land an orbital rocket booster

What’s that they say about failure being the stepping stone to success?

Scroll Staff

· Yesterday · 08:00 pm

Scientists are unraveling the mystery of the body clock – and could soon help night owls sleep early

Whether you're a night owl or a morning lark, circadian rhythms control just about every aspect of your health.

Carrie L. Partch, The Conversation

· Sep 20, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Cassini crashes: It’s time for a new mission to explore the possibility of life on Saturn’s moons

As Cassini’s titanic mission comes to an end, we need to start thinking ahead.

Monica Grady, The Conversation

· Sep 19, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Nanodegrees: A Stanford-born company is skilling India’s techies for well-paid jobs

Nanodegrees are micro-credential certification courses designed to make learners job-ready.

Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com

· Sep 19, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Watch: These robots playing music look like they were always meant to be musicians

This might be disturbing for human musicians.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 19, 2017 · 08:00 pm

Video: Will the river interlinking project solve India’s water security problems?

It is a grand idea but with considerable ecological consequences.

Shone Satheesh

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Sanjeev Nair

· Sep 19, 2017 · 09:00 am

The 30-year-old ozone layer treaty has a new role: Fighting climate change

The Montreal Protocol is finally closing the hole in the ozone layer.

Martyn Chipperfield, The Conversation

· Sep 18, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Hackers target CCleaner software, could have gained control of 20 lakh users’ devices

Two versions of the computer performance optimiser released in August were breached, but authorities severed the server connection.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 18, 2017 · 04:44 pm

Saudi Arabia asks Snapchat to remove Al Jazeera channel from the country

The kingdom said that the channel violates its laws.

Scroll Staff

· Sep 18, 2017 · 12:20 pm

This Indian startup knows how to make its online content go viral – with or without Facebook

WittyFeed curates shareable web content along the lines of BuzzFeed, but has more readers.

Sushma UN, qz.com

· Sep 17, 2017 · 07:30 pm