AI regulation is stalling as governments clash over control Artificial intelligence is advancing faster than lawmakers can regulate it, while global AI governance fragments in real time

The tech is everywhere
The laws are not

#Artificialintelligence is now making HiringDecisions, TutoringChildren, OptimizingPowerGrids, & TargetingWeaponsSystems

Rules governing any of that r, almost everywhere, either nonexistent, stalled in committee, or under active attack
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“Sanatan, Not Just Sustainability” Dr Rajendra Singh, the Water Man of India, believes that India’s traditional ecological wisdom is not nostalgic folklore but a living, scientific system rooted in culture. In an interaction with Abhij...

#Sanatan, Not Just #Sustainability

#DrRajendraSingh speaks about how #IndigenousPractices — #johads, #shramdaan, #VillageCouncils & #CulturalRituals —can be scaled to meet the #ClimateCrisis

He emphasised on #CulturalValues as the engine of #EcologicalRevival
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Why emotional resilience should be at the heart of climate change education For many young people, climate change education is disconnected from what they see as helpful to everyday life.

Why #EmotionalResilience should b at t heart of #ClimateChangeEducation— as only focusing on dangers of GlobalWarming & not PotentialSolutions—youth can feel helpless

TransformationalSocietalChanges can only take place by considering emotions, thoughts & beliefs
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Infographic with which foods help, which to limit, and why it matters

#WhatYouEat in your #40s may determine how your #brain would function later in #life

The critical window from ages 45 to 54, is when #LongTermBrainHealth & future #CognitiveTrajectories appears to be shaped

#Dementia #Food
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The Swedish concept of ‘döstädning’ or death cleaning is about more than just getting rid of things We live in an age where our houses are more full of stuff than ever. Death cleaning is an act of love that helps makes things for those you leave behind a lot easier

#Swedish concept of #döstädning or #DeathCleaning is about more than just getting rid of things

It's an act of love that helps makes things for those you leave behind a lot easier

The role of #death #cleaning now & in the past does hv something in common

#Books
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#FemaleWriters & #FemaleReaders hv been challenging the #patriarchy for more than 200 years

As long as #women continue to #write, #read & reimagine the world through #fiction, #NovelReading will remain a vital site of #feminist resistance & possibility

#Feminism
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A wildflower survived a historic megadrought. Scientists now think they know how | CNN Wild scarlet monkeyflowers in California survived a historic drought by relying on a rapid evolution, marking the first time the process has been observed in the wild.

During the worst dry spell in 1,200yrs, #wildflowers relied on a type of #RapidEvolution ( #EvolutionaryRescue) that had never been documented

This happens when a species is able to recover from the threat of #extinction by an external factor such as a #drought

#climate
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Crocodiles can have extra growth cycles in a year – why this matters for estimating the age of dinosaurs Growth marks in bones indicate the age of some animals. But a new study leaves researchers questioning this method for dinosaurs.

#GrowthMarks inside #BoneTissues, indicates age of #animal. This method is called #skeletochronology

But a new study (where #Crocodiles were found to have extra #GrowthCycles in a year) leaves researchers questioning this method to estimate the #age of #dinosaurs
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Antibiotics can leave a long-term footprint on our gut microbiome: study A study reveals that certain antibiotics can cause long-lasting changes in gut microbiome diversity for up to eight years.

#Antibiotics can leave a long-term footprint on our #GutMicrobiome —changes last for 4 to 8 years after treatment

#LowerDiversity of #GutMicrobiomeSpecies has been associated with a range of #HealthConditions, such as #obesity, #diabetes, & #InflammatoryBowelDisease
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How Forest Essentials chose ‘anti-growth’ to thrive in beauty And found a suitor in global major Estée Lauder

Why #EstéeLauder bought into an #Indian #AyurvedicBeautyBrand

The #luxury giant’s “billion-dollar” bet on #ForestEssentials shows that in #India’s #BeautyBoom, the slowest players sometimes win

FE focused on #OfflineRetail & building #discovery through unlikely channels
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Infographic has text as follows: The Rs 100 figure represents aggregate funding across a dataset of Indian tech startups founded between 2015 and 2025, mapped across high-velocity employer cohorts-essentially the most institutionally connected slice of the startup ecosystem where capital concentration is highest. Within this network, women-led startups accounted for 4.4% of the capital raised, defined as companies with at least one woman co-founder.

Between 2015-2025 #WomenFounders in #India received just ₹4 out of every ₹100 in #StartupFunding (methodology in t image), highlighting a severe structural, rather than capability, gap—this despite better RevenuePerformance

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The Most Elusive Color in Chemistry Might Surprise You The answer is a “perfect red,” and its discovery might be worth billions of dollars.

The most difficult #colour to create in #PigmentChemistry

It's a brilliant & durable shade of #red —one that can withstand time & natural forces. Hence, a #PerfectRed

#OrganicRedPigments r chemically fragile & fade too easily

PerfectRed can be the #BillionDollarPigment
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All #vertebrates share a 600-million-year-old worm-like #ancestor that had a single, #CentralMedianEye

This #ThirdEye evolved into the #PinealGland, which regulates #CircadianRhythms, while its #photoreceptive pathways contributed to the development of paired, #LateralEyes
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Why does pain last longer for women? Immune cells may be the culprit Your immune systems kicks into gear when you’re injured, both worsening and relieving pain.

Why #pain lasts longer for #women

#ImmuneSystem may respond differently between t sexes, causing more redness & swelling in women, making them more likely to develop #ChronicPain

Study suggests #ImmuneSystem has a role in #recovery & not just as a driver of pain
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Why Model Context Protocol is suddenly on every executive agenda As AI agents begin operating across enterprise systems, MCP is emerging as the connective layer IT leaders can’t afford to ignore.

As #AIagents begin operating across #EnterpriseSystems, ( #ModelContextProtocol) #MCP is emerging as the connective layer for #enterpriseAI that #ITleaders can’t afford to ignore

It lets u plug ur existing stack of apps together without the annoying #APIintegration work
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I captained a Saudi billionaire's superyacht. Now I'm building a members-only club at sea. Matthias Bosse is launching the Maybach Ocean Club, bringing together exclusive clubs and luxury superyachts.

A #community at #sea

#MatthiasBosse is launching the #MaybachOceanClub (a #PrivateMembershipClub aboard a #superyacht, where every member is a shareholder & gets 4 weeks on board a year)—bringing together #ExclusiveClubs & #LuxurySuperyachts

#MercedesMaybach
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How shaming unethical brands makes companies improve their behaviour The real cost of what we buy is often hidden but demanding greater transparency from brands is one of the most powerful climate actions available to citizens.

Shaming #UnethicalBrands makes them improve their #behaviour

Shift happens when #PrivateDiscomfort becomes #PublicVoice

Real cost of what we buy is often hidden but demanding #GreaterTransparency is one of the most powerful #ClimateActions available to #citizens
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Are the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics Beginning To Dissolve? | Quanta Magazine Columnist Philip Ball thinks the phenomenon of decoherence might finally bridge the quantum-classical divide.

Mysteries of #QuantumMechanics beginning to dissolve?

Progress in understanding #decoherence ( #WojciechZurek) & quantum-to-classical transition suggests weirdness of #QuantumTheory might b less mysterious than once thought—even if t full picture isn’t settled
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Reading and writing can lower dementia risk by almost 40%, study suggests Cognitive health in later life is ‘strongly influenced’ by lifelong exposure to intellectually stimulating environments, say researchers

A simple habit associated with a 38% lower risk of #Alzheimer’s — #reading & #writing, study suggests

#CognitiveHealth in later life is strongly influenced by lifelong exposure to #IntellectuallyStimulatingEnvironments

It also slows down #MildCognitiveImpairment
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For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model ... Peru just made history: stingless bees in the Amazon now have legal rights, letting communities sue to defend hives and habitat.

#Peru has recognized the #LegalRightsOfInsects, a global 1st

Municipalities in #Satipo & #Nauta hv approved ordinances that recognize #NativeStinglessBees & their habitat as LegalSubjects with RightsToExist, to thrive, & to be defended in court

#AncestralKnowledge
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Inside India’s only dark factory in Tamil Nadu. Robots work all night, engineers stay out The swish of robotic arms, electronic beeps, and a Ganesha prayer playing on loop are the only sounds on the factory floor of Polymatech, a semiconductor unit in Kancheepuram.

Inside #India’s only #DarkFactory in #TN

#Robots work all night, engineers stay out

The swish of RoboticArms, ElectronicBeeps, & a #GaneshaPrayer on loop r the only sounds at Polymatech, a #SemiconductorUnit in #Kancheepuram

It's now setting up another in #Chhattisgarh
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This Drug Can Mend a Broken Heart A new therapy promises to take the sting out of traumatic memories.

A pill to cure #heartbreak

#ReconsolidationTherapy & the #BrunetMethod, which describe the protocol of pairing #propranolol with #MemoryRetrievalSessions

It does not erase the #memory

Instead it edits the memory by reducing #emotional adrenaline/ #pain associated with it
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A natural aging molecule may help restore memory in Alzheimer’s Researchers have found that a natural aging-related molecule can repair key memory processes affected by Alzheimer’s disease. The compound improves communication between brain cells and restores early...

A natural #AgingRelatedMolecule ( #CaAKG) can repair key #memory processes affected by #Alzheimer’s disease

It improves communication between #BrainCells & restores #EarlyMemoryAbilities that typically fade first

This may offer a safer way to protect the #brain
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Friends, by Design: How Urban India Is Redefining Adult Friendships From run clubs to hobby groups, urban Indians are resetting friendships—choosing emotional safety, boundaries, and intention over obligation and burnout.

#India’s #FriendshipReset: #Burnout, boundaries & low-effort bonds

UrbanIndians are no longer willing to give up their #MentalHealth for #SocialCommitments

Instead, they are choosing connections that are more real, mutual, safe, & aligned with their #principles
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Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with ‘misleading’ claims about recycled plastic packaging Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based

#Europe’s supermarket shelves packed with #MisleadingClaims about #RecycledPlasticPackaging. They use accounting tricks to make their wares appear green

Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as #circular & #ClimateFriendly, despite being mostly FossilBased
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Landmark ruling on women's health: SC declares menstrual hygiene a Fundamental right; mandates free sanitary pads distribution, separate toilets in schools | India News - The Times of India India News: NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the right to menstrual hygiene is an integral part of the right to life and the right to privacy und.

The #SupremeCourt ruled that the right to #MenstrualHygiene is an integral part of the #RightToLife & the #RightToPrivacy under Article 21 of the #Constitution; mandates free #SanitaryPads distribution, #SeparateToilets in #schools

#WomensHealth #Dignity
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Four Students, One Engraving, an Encounter with Modernity A meeting of East and West

In a 19th Cen image of #IndianMedicalStudents, the unwitting consequences of #ColonialEducation

It represents the moment when knowledge stopped confirming hierarchy & began to interrogate it

#WesternEducation in #India was never meant to produce equals
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Digital and determined: Uttarakhand's Gen-Z pradhans shatter stereotypes | India News - The Times of India India News: DEHRADUN: In the hills of Uttarakhand, with outmigration that has long hollowed out many of its villages, a political shift is taking root with a new .

#Uttarakhand's #GenZ mostly #women in their early 20s are choosing to return to their #villages after graduation to lead & drive change, often as elected #GramPradhans —looking at fixing #schools, strengthening #healthcare, improving #roads & #outmigration
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How traditional Himalayan burning could help prevent mega wildfires Traditional burning in Uttarakhand shows how communities live with fire, yet what they do is often misinterpreted as dangerous.

How #traditional #HimalayanBurning could prevent #MegaWildfires

#ControlledBurning in #Uttarakhand shows how #communities #LiveWithFire — it supports livelihoods, maintaining #biodiversity, and reducing #WildfireRisk

Yet this is often misinterpreted as dangerous
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