Divya Gandhi

In this weekender episode, Adrian Wolfson talks us about his new book titled On the Future of Species. Artificial intelligence, he says, one day, could surpass Darwin’s evolutionary narrative on natural selection, and in this new world, he predicts AI not just editing, but authoring entirely new species using what he calls artificial biological intelligence.

Surveillance, ecological monitoring, and cross-border communication cannot wait for the next outbreak, authors said |Image used for representational purpose only | Photo Credit: LIONEL BONAVENTURE The Nipah virus, which was first identified in Malaysia in 1999, is still not a priority in South and Southeast Asia despite its repeated emergence, says a correspondence by scientists published in The Lancet.

he ready-to-eat food given in anganwadis is one of the reasons for the dismal nutritional status of children in northern Karnataka. OVER the months, Renuka, a young anganwadi teacher in Marakamdinni village in Deodurg taluk of Raichur district, has resigned herself to some harsh facts: One of them is that there is no guarantee that the food meant for the children at her anganwadi will be supplied regularly.