Back To The Future
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Why Netflix series Leila’s vision of a dystopic future is unconvincing
The timely themes of the adaptation of Prayaag Akbar’s novel are backed up neither by visual effects nor the production design.
Nandini Ramnath
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From self-driving cars to robots: How artists in the 20th century visualised the future
Looking through the wild array of predictions, it’s easy to spot recognisable elements.
Darren Garrett
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Scientists have designed a flux capacitator – but it won’t take us ‘Back to the Future’
Physicists have designed an electrical component that breaks time-reversal symmetry. Not quite the time machine from Hollywood, but it could have vital uses.
Thomas Stace, The Conversation & Clemens Müller, The Conversation
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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BJP Karnataka’s online video sparks outrage for ‘demonising Muslims’
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Postcards from the future: Buses pulled by whales and rooms heated with radium
A group of artists working in France in 1899 set out to depict what they thought the future would look like a century later.
Scroll Staff
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This video shows two visions of what the Earth may look like in the year 2045
Shubhra Dixit
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Why the Konkan belt has become a hotspot for archaeologists
Over the past decade, archaeologists have uncovered a host of medieval Shilahara sites that present evidence of a long history of international trade on the Konkan.
Aarefa Johari
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?