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Clean Energy & Climate Transition 18 Oct 2026, 08:00 PM IST

Oldest North American Footprints Point to Human Survival in Ice Age Turmoil

New research on ancient footprints preserved at White Sands in New Mexico suggests humans were present in North America about 23,000 years ago, during one of the harshest climate intervals of the Ice Age. The findings strengthen the case that early Indigenous people endured dramatic environmental instability, adding fresh urgency to debates over how climate stress shaped migration, settlement, and survival in the Americas.

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Global Markets & Equities11 Oct 2026, 08:31 PM IST

Michigan Consumer Sentiment Slips to Near-Record Lows as Inflation Fears Reignite

U.S. consumer sentiment weakened further in the University of Michigan’s preliminary October reading, underscoring persistent household strain from inflation and elevated borrowing costs. The deterioration adds to concerns that consumer spending, the main engine of the American economy, could slow into year-end and unsettle risk assets.

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Global Markets & Equities11 Oct 2026, 02:41 PM IST

Michigan Consumer Sentiment Slips Again as Cost Pressures Keep Households on Edge

US consumer confidence weakened further in the latest University of Michigan survey, underscoring how persistent inflation and elevated borrowing costs continue to weigh on household psychology. The decline adds to evidence that Americans remain uneasy about the economic outlook even as growth has held up better than many feared.

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Frontier AI & Machine Learning10 Oct 2026, 03:28 PM IST

AI-Designed Viruses Push Synthetic Biology Into New Territory

A 2025 Stanford University project by PhD student Samuel King has sharpened a once-theoretical question: can generative AI help design new life forms? King’s work used an AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses, a milestone that does not amount to AI-created life but raises the stakes for biology, biosecurity, and regulation. The discussion now extends well beyond the lab, as researchers and policymakers confront how quickly machine learning may move from prediction to invention.

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Clean Energy & Climate TransitionJust now (06:12 AM IST)

Simulations Trace the First Stars’ Chemical Legacy in Today’s Universe

New computer simulations are offering a sharper view of cosmic dawn, linking the universe’s first stars to chemical fingerprints that still survive in ancient stars today. The work helps explain how the earliest stellar explosions seeded the material that later formed galaxies, planets and, ultimately, the building blocks of life.

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