Finland seeks to help India's digital future look beyond Chinese tech

Finland is reinforcing its presence in India’s technology landscape with a message: it can offer secure alternatives to Chinese technology while bringing advanced industrial and clean energy solutions. In a conversation with ET Online, Finland’s...

Science The Independent Researchers just unleashed microbes trapped in Arctic ice for 40,000 years: ‘These are not dead samples’

From The Last of Us to The Thing, blockbuster movies and TV shows have been trying to warn the world not to dig into ancient ice, open the cursed Mummy’s tomb, or recreate dinosaurs, for decades. And yet, geologists and biologists at the...

Researchers just unleashed microbes trapped in Arctic ice for 40,000 years: ‘These are not dead samples’

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Finding unfamiliarity, fun in Finland

Mason Medina|Courtesy Mason is a junior studying computer science. He is the vice president of the Half-Baked Club on campus and a teaching assistant. When I considered studying abroad, I had been under the impression that I’d have fun seeing many...

Pollution confuses pollinators. Can scientists retrain them?

Pollinators use flowers’ airborne aroma molecules to navigate to nectar from great distances. Human-made air pollution degrades flower chemicals and hides plant scents, interfering with the ability of bees and other insects to pollinate plants....

Repertoires: How Social Science Theory Gets Made and Remade

Last Updated on October 2, 2025, 1:33 pm ET Photo by Andrej Lišakov on Unsplash In 2008, technologist Chris Anderson famously predicted the end of theory, as massively abundant data reduced the need for researchers to develop and test explanatory...

Finnish car-logistics pioneer Flovi rolls into Poland

Flovi, Finland’s largest technology company specialising in car relocations, is expanding to Poland. With Flovi, car dealerships, rental and leasing providers, and car-sharing platforms can move vehicles quickly, smoothly, and cost-effectively,...

Nokia snaps up Juniper’s RIC tech and team

Nokia has licenced HPE’s RAN intelligent controller (RIC) technology and hired most of the associated development team to “further strengthen” the giant Finnish vendor’s MantaRay SMO (service management and orchestration) platform and “expand its...

China Ditching European Telecom Tech, EU Slow to Respond: FT

China is ending use of European suppliers of telecom gear in its networks, according to a report by the Financial Times on Wednesday, which cited sources familiar with the matter. The move comes amid a push by President Xi Jinping for China to...

Research: Audiences streaming less US content

Research from Digital i has revealed that the share of viewing time to US content in other countries has decreased by 7 per cent on Netflix, Disney+ and Prime Video over the past five years. Between Q1 2020 and Q2 2025, the percentage of combined...

Research: What percentage of the population gambles?

Guest Contribution – Let’s be honest- when you say someone gambles, you’re not just talking about folks grinding all night at the poker table in Vegas. It’s way broader than that. It’s the guy who grabs a lottery ticket with his morning coffee,...

Bangla firms turn to technology to tackle waste

Md. Tahmid Zami, Reuters The world’s second biggest exporter of clothes, Bangladesh is looking to technology to gain control of the fashion industry’s other major product: textile waste. Cloud-hosted software allows manufacturers to segregate,...

40 Indian paediatricians, doctors, scientists get recognised in Stanford University 2025 list of World's top 2% scientists

New Delhi: Altogether 40 paediatricians, doctors and scientists from India's various prestigious health and medical institutes have been recognised among the world''s top 2% of scientists in the prestigious database curated by Professor John PA...

Finland partners with S.Africa on G20 digital economy track

In a landmark development for digital transformation advocacy within the G20, Finland has joined discussions as a guest country as South Africa takes the helm of the organization's leadership this year. With digital transformation and bridging the...

Finnish giant ICEYE to build signature radar microsatellites in India, offers full control to govt

New Delhi: Finnish company ICEYE, which has the world’s largest synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation and a major player in defence and security, is planning to set up a manufacturing and assembly facility in India, ThePrint has...

Finland’s Aker Arctic Unveils Next-Generation Medium-Class Icebreaker as Global Demand Heats Up

Finnish icebreaker engineering firm Aker Arctic on Monday released the first renderings of its new B+ class vessel for the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency, unveiling a next-generation design as global demand for ice-capable ships...

Finnish firm Metso eyes investment in Pakistan’s copper mining sector

Islamabad - Global technology provider Metso has expressed interest in investing in Pakistan’s mineral sector, with a particular focus on copper mining. The plan includes supplying state-of-the-art mining equipment and technology, as well as...

More Than Half of This Finnish Architect’s Tiny Home Is Made From Recycled Materials

Welcome to Tiny Home Profiles, an interview series with people pushing the limits of living small. From space-saving hacks to flexible floor plans, here’s what they say makes for the best tiny homes on the planet. Know of a builder we should talk...

20 bird species can understand each other’s anti-cuckoo call

The superb blue wren, like many other birds, can understand the alarm call of other species Greg C Grace/Alamy More than 20 species of bird around the world use a similar “whining” alarm call to warn birds like cuckoos are around. The call seems...

College of Education and Human Sciences honors Hall of Fame inductees, Outstanding Alumni

Wednesday, October 1, 2025 Media Contact: Kirsi McDowell | Communications Coordinator | 405-744-8420 | kirsi@okstate.edu The Oklahoma State University College of Education and Human Sciences recognizes exemplary alumni with two awards each year —...