NoAIphobia: College students are increasingly dependent on AI tools, driven heavily by a fear of falling behind their classmates. This dependence creates a psychological tug of war, resulting in severe anxiety when the technology is unavailable alongside a deep fear of being judged for using it.

Students at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, assist in the development of technologies to help neurodivergent individuals achieve success in the workplace.Credit: Keivan Stassun / Vanderbilt University When academics talk about neurodiversity and training the next generation of scientists and engineers, we often begin with the need to give students extra time in exams, along…

Top Stories GLOBAL Universities are ‘key enabler of all SDGs’, UN platform told Nathan M Greenfield A consensus statement on higher education’s role in “Building Sustainable Futures” has been approved by the participants in the Global Higher Education Symposium 2026, held on the sidelines of the UN’s High-Level Political…

Science, Technology, and Innovation Deputy Minister Dr Nomalungelo Gina is representing South Africa at UNESCO’s 2026 Global Conference of the International Decade of Sciences for Sustainable Development which gets underway in Paris, France today. The Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation [UNESCO] flagship Ministerial event supports the implementation of the United Nations International Decade of…

Anil Menon’s family has ancestral links to Palakkad and Ottapalam. He is also a descendant of Chettur Sankaran Nair, the first Malayali to serve as president of the Indian National Congress. Published Jul 11, 2026 | 4:30 PM ⚊ Updated Jul 11, 2026 | 4:30 PM Share NASA astronaut Dr Anil Menon has roots in…

There may be an easier way to describe how black holes “leak” energy than the theory Stephen Hawking proposed — and the newly suggested process is similar to how we describe a boiling pot of water. This simple (well, relatively simple) description could be used to model black holes in many situations such as during…

On April 6, the four crewmembers of NASA‘s Artemis II mission swooped around the far side of the moon in their Orion spacecraft, disappearing from Earth’s sight and losing all contact with humanity for roughly 40 minutes. At the same time, some 250,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) away, Chris White, the mission’s lead communications officer, was…