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Why Eradicating Earth’s Mosquitoes To Fight Disease Is Probably A Bad Idea

But what would a world free of mosquitoes look like? Would it be an Earth in which the infectious diseases that plague millions are completely, permanently, and mercifully wip...

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Stanley Film Festival Splits With Dfs; Gives Up The Ghost For 2016 Fest

Is the Stanley Hotel giving up the ghost on its film festival? For the past three years, the haunted landmark raised cinematic spirits with the Stanley Film Festival. But the ...

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Family Planning Is 'Critical Link' In Eradicating Poverty

Giving people access to family planning is crucial to achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by 2030, reproductive health experts said this week. Speaking at an in...

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Arjun Kapoor Talks About Gender Inequality Through Ki & Ka!

Arjun Kapoor feels homemakers are not given their due in the society and the actor says his upcoming film Ki &Ka will begin conversations about them. In the R Balki-direct...

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NASA Engineers Unveil The First Light-Based Modem For Spacecraft

To send and receive data, orbiting spacecraft depend on radio-frequency communications. It's been this way since the 1957 launch of Sputnik 1, which made use of two radio freq...

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German Forest Ranger Finds That Trees Have Social Networks, Too

Germany — IN the deep stillness of a forest in winter, the sound of footsteps on a carpet of leaves died away. Peter Wohlleben had found what he was looking for: a pair ...

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Big Sean Launches Help Flint’s Kids Fundraising Campaign

A native of Michigan, Big Sean is not taking the Flint, Michigan water crisis lightly.Although Big Sean is one of the many celebrities taking note and helping of the water cri...

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Lego Unveils First Ever Minifigure In Wheelchair

Images taken at the Nuremberg toy fair by fan group Promobricks show a wheelchair-using Lego figurine, complete with helper dog, following #ToyLikeMe equality campaign The fir...

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Sonam Kapoor: Woman's Dream Has No Expiry Date

Actress Sonam Kapoor, who will be seen playing the title role in upcoming biographical film "Neerja", feels a woman's dream doesn't have an expiry date. Sonam has shot a promo...

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Susan Lucci And Liza Huber To Host Women Who Care Awards Luncheon

Edward R. Matthews, CEO of United Cerebral Palsyof New York City (UCP ofNYC), and Loreen Arbus, Founder & Chair of Women Who Care, announced today that Susan Lucci, now in...

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BOLLYWOOD: ARYAN KHAN BREAKS BOLLYWOOD RULES

“I am in love with your wife (Maya)!” — a line from Kabhi Alvida Naa K...

October 15 2025

ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: AND THE LEGACY LIVES ON

Khalid Mohamed in conversation with Ramu Aravindan, founder of a Documentation Centre an...

October 14 2025

THOUGHT FACTORY: STORIES THAT SHAPE OUR WORLD

From intimate documentaries to visionary fiction, the WIFF 2025 Jury—comprising ac...

October 13 2025