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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently compared the energy required to train advanced AI models with decades of resources needed to raise and educate a human being. Speaking at an event in India, Altman argued that while AI’s energy use is rising, it should be viewed in context noting that making a human ‘smart’ takes 20…
As the India AI Impact Summit 2026 brought the world’s AI conversation to New Delhi, Salesforce’s Arundhati Bhattacharya and Srini Tallapragada sat down with TimesofIndia.com to talk about what the agentic shift really means. From redefining every job as a mix of human judgement and agent-driven automation, to why trust is the only thing standing…
What will humans look like in a million years? The answer may surprise you Thinking about human appearance far into the future tends to drift into science fiction, but the question is rooted in real science. Human bodies have never been fixed. They have shifted with climate, food supply, disease, movement and technology. A million…
The allure of an aquatic lifestyle, reminiscent of our finned friends, is undeniably enchanting. However, the reality of our biology complicates this vision; our lungs crave the oxygen-rich air that gilled creatures gracefully extract from water. Moreover, the crushing depths of the ocean present formidable dangers. Imagine waking up and seeing fish swim past the…
Can you imagine a place that is teeming with deadly snakes? Well, roughly 33 km off Brazil’s southeastern coast lies an island that has inspired horror stories, viral videos and breathless headlines. Ilha da Queimada Grande, also better known as Snake Island, is often described as a place where there is ‘one snake per square…
Run? By the time your brain registers the hiss, the moment has already passed. Research shows that certain snakes, particularly vipers, operate on a biological timescale far quicker than human perception and movement. You may notice the head begin to shift, but the signal travelling from your eyes to your brain and then to your…
Photo credit: The Federal In the quiet by-lanes of Hukkeri, a small town hugging the Karnataka-Maharashtra border in Belagavi district, something profoundly beautiful unfolded on February 8, 2026— a wedding that warmed hearts far beyond its simple rituals. It wasn’t just a celebration of love between Somashekar Pujeri and his bride, Poonam. It was a…
DNA evidence points to humans reaching Australia 60,000 years ago The story of how people reached Australia and the Pacific has never sat still. Bits of evidence have shifted it back and forth over time. New genetic work, read alongside archaeology, nudges it further again. It suggests people were already moving into the landmass known…
Can Mars let humans age faster? It sounds more poetic than reality, but it may be true technically. Two identical clocks: One on Earth other on Mars, after months, they slowly drift apart. Space already feels strange to most of us. A strange revelation: Time itself doesn’t behave the same everywhere. Recent research suggests clocks…
Sleep appears to have emerged far earlier in animal evolution than previously thought, according to new research examining two brainless marine species. A study of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea andromeda and the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis finds that both exhibit sleep-like states despite lacking a centralised brain. Researchers observed periods of reduced movement, lowered responsiveness,…
