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Clean Energy & Climate Transition 08 Oct 2026, 11:58 AM IST

New Study Recasts Neanderthals as Skilled Woodworkers, Not Just Stone Toolmakers

A new archaeological study is challenging the long-held view that Neanderthal technology was overwhelmingly stone-based, showing that these hominins also worked wood with surprising sophistication. The findings suggest that much of Neanderthal material culture has been underestimated because organic tools rarely survive in the archaeological record.

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Frontier AI & Machine Learning08 Oct 2026, 05:27 AM IST

Google Tests AI Game-Making Platform as It Pushes Generative Tools Into Play

Google Labs is experimenting with Playground, a new AI-powered platform that would let users create browser-based games from simple text prompts. The move signals a broader effort by Google to turn generative AI from a productivity tool into a consumer-facing creative engine, while testing how far automated content creation can extend into interactive entertainment.

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Clean Energy & Climate Transition07 Oct 2026, 12:20 PM IST

Astronomers Report First Direct Hint of the Elusive Planet Nine

Astronomers say they may have identified the strongest direct clue yet for the long-hypothesized Planet Nine, a distant world that could explain unusual patterns in the outer solar system. The new claim, based on infrared data, remains provisional but has renewed interest in one of astronomy’s most persistent open questions.

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Frontier AI & Machine Learning07 Oct 2026, 03:38 AM IST

MIT Technology Review Spotlights 10 Climate Tech Firms as the Sector Faces Higher Stakes

MIT Technology Review’s latest list of 10 climate tech companies to watch arrives at a moment when the sector is under sharper pressure to prove it can scale, cut emissions, and attract capital in a more demanding market. The annual selection underscores how frontier technologies, including AI-enabled systems, are increasingly being judged not only on innovation but on measurable climate impact.

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World Politics & Diplomacy06 Oct 2026, 07:25 AM IST

Spain’s Sánchez Bets on Housing Crisis to Shift Snap Election Race

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called a snap election in a calculated bid to turn the country’s worsening housing crisis into a political advantage, according to reporting from Madrid. Rather than a reflexive move after local losses, the decision appears designed to force voters to choose between Sánchez’s social agenda and a conservative opposition still struggling to present a unified alternative.

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Clean Energy & Climate Transition05 Oct 2026, 03:45 PM IST

Rigorous Tests Find Visible Light Does Not Accelerate Water Evaporation

A new round of controlled experiments suggests that visible light, long discussed as a possible driver of enhanced water evaporation, does not meaningfully speed the process under rigorous conditions. The finding could help narrow a scientific debate with implications for climate research, solar-driven water technologies and the interpretation of earlier studies that reported unusual light-induced effects.

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Big Tech, Cloud & Semiconductors04 Oct 2026, 10:24 PM IST

The Exoskeleton Age Arrives as Big Tech Bets on Human Augmentation

Exoskeletons are moving from niche industrial tools to practical systems with visible gains in lifting, endurance, and injury reduction across real-world tasks. The shift is drawing growing attention from Big Tech, cloud providers, and semiconductor firms seeking to anchor the next wave of human-machine productivity. As the hardware improves, the market is beginning to treat wearable robotics less as a novelty and more as an emerging computing platform.

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Clean Energy & Climate Transition03 Oct 2026, 08:35 AM IST

Ancient Sea Levels Suggest Earth’s Poles Have Wandered Repeatedly

New research reported by Phys.org indicates that ancient sea-level records may help pinpoint periods when Earth’s rotation axis shifted and the planet’s geographic poles moved relative to the crust. The findings add to a growing body of evidence that Earth’s outer shell has not been as fixed as once assumed, with implications for climate history, geophysics, and long-term planetary stability.

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