Why A.I. Distillation Has Become a Hot Topic in the Race with China
The American companies building artificial intelligence systems are loudly complaining that their Chinese competitors are unfairly copying their technology, and they are pleading with officials to do something about it.…
Efforts to Help Smokers Quit Stall Under Trump
The ads were jarring: a man with a hole in his throat where his larynx, or voice box, had once been. A woman whose teeth and jaw had been removed…
Sacking Sanju Samson for Zimbabwe series sends a wrong message to other players
5 min readJul 6, 2026 08:28 PM IST Just two days after missing out on a spot in the playing XI to Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Sanju Samson – the Player of…
Back pain and breast cancer: The symptom women shouldn’t ignore
A social media post about a 27-year-old woman whose breast cancer was diagnosed only after she reported persistent back pain has sparked a conversation about whether breast cancer in younger…
Iran Live Updates: Huge Crowds Gather for Funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader Killed in Iran War
For more than three decades, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei crushed challenges at home while building Iran into a formidable regional power. Iran began six days of funeral ceremonies for its longtime…
Research Universities Are Admitting Fewer Ph.D.s, a Bad Sign for Science
The number of students admitted to Ph.D. programs this fall dropped 15 percent from the previous year, according to data from over 50 top research universities, raising fears that the…
Can frequent navigation protect against Alzheimer’s? Study offers clues
3 min readUpdated: Jul 7, 2026 09:10 AM IST People whose jobs require constant navigation, such as taxi and ambulance drivers, may have a lower risk of dying from Alzheimer’s…
Zyn’s Popularity Has Tobacco Companies Racing to Cash In
As nicotine pouches explode in popularity, tobacco companies are investing heavily in factories in the United States and creating new jobs from Florida to Colorado. Along with vaping products, the…
For Families With Nonspeaking Autistic Children, a Fierce Debate Over Assisted Spelling
In early June, Ally Betchan and her family made the monthly trek from their small central Texas town to a therapy center in Austin, hoping that she could learn to…
India’s biggest cities have 2 crore informal workers; Hyderabad leads with 15.7 lakh
Informal businesses are widely thought to operate largely in the rural heartland of the country. However, a new government report has shed light on the size of the informal sector…