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Cows can use tools, and one Austrian cow has now shown it clearly

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Cows can use tools, and one Austrian cow has now shown it clearly

In 1960, when she was studying chimpanzees in Tanzania, the primatologist Jane Goodall observed one chimp strip a stick of its leaves and use it to extract termites from a mound. She telegraphed her observation to her supervisor, the paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey.  “Now we must redefine ‘tool,’ redefine ‘man’ or accept chimpanzees as human,” Leakey…

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Neurobehavioural therapy can reshape brain networks in functional neuro disorders, says expert

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Neurobehavioural therapy can reshape brain networks in functional neuro disorders, says expert

Prof. LaFrance, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at Alpert Medical School, Brown University, said that neurobehavioural therapy has demonstrated measurable changes in functional and structural brain connectivity. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Functional neurological disorders, long dismissed as purely psychogenic conditions, are now understood as disorders of neural network dysfunction shaped by cognition, emotion and…

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How OpenAI’s ChatGPT helped scientists crack a tedious physics problem

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How OpenAI’s ChatGPT helped scientists crack a tedious physics problem

A team of physicists from various universities has teamed up with the artificial intelligence (AI) model GPT-5.2 to arrive at a new result in theoretical physics, OpenAI announced on February 13. While the result itself is obscure, although valuable to physicists working on the topic, the methods that the team and the model used to…

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‘Online education is one of the biggest finds of the last decade’

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‘Online education is one of the biggest finds of the last decade’

Kadhambari S. Viswanathan, assistant vice-president, Vellore Institute of Technology, in conversation with L.V. Navaneeth, Chief Executive Officer, The Hindu Group, at The Hindu Tech Summit 2026 on Friday (February 13, 2026). | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ Online education is one of the biggest finds of the last decade, Kadhambari S. Viswanathan, assistant vice-president, Vellore Institute…

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Experts underscore the importance of extracting only relevant data

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Experts underscore the importance of extracting only relevant data

Data and AI experts take part at a session, titled ‘Data Privacy as a Pillar of Resilience: Building Trust in a Digital Age’, at The Hindu Tech Summit 2026 in Chennai on Friday | Photo Credit: B. Velankanni Raj In a world where data are extracted from individuals with or without informed consent, data and AI…

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‘Large enterprises have to unravel business processes to make them AI-first’

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‘Large enterprises have to unravel business processes to make them AI-first’

Venkatesan Vijayaraghavan, COO, Virtusa, is in a conversation with John Xavier, Tech Editor, The Hindu, at a session on ‘Managing the post Anthropic Plug-in Era’ at The Hindu Tech Summit 2026 on Friday (February 13, 2026).   | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH Large enterprises have to unravel business processes to make them AI-first and to rewire business…

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Why did the U.S. FDA decline to review the new mRNA influenza vaccine?

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Why did the U.S. FDA decline to review the new mRNA influenza vaccine?

On February 3, 2026, the US FDA issued a ‘refusal to file’ (RTF) letter to Moderna Inc. regarding their new mRNA vaccine developed against influenza. This decision generated considerable controversy worldwide, particularly given the current direction of vaccination policy in the United States towards a more conservative approach. However, that does not necessarily mean that…

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Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: All you need to know about Galileo

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Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: All you need to know about Galileo

A molecular biologist from Madurai, our quizmaster enjoys trivia and music, and is working on a rock ballad called ‘Coffee is a Drink, Kaapi is an Emotion’. @bertyashley Quiz | Easy like Sunday morning: All you need to know about Galileo What are the Galilean moons, the first objects discovered in the Solar System using…

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