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The drool factor: Swetha Sivakumar on what makes food mouth-watering

Saliva plays a key role. Even though it’s 99% water, that final 1% defines how we taste, how we experience flavour, and what we can eat.

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Updated on Jun 22, 2024 05:21 PM IST
BySwetha Sivakumar

The lure of low-brow: Why we love bad movies

Research suggests the lack of emotional investment is a big draw. The stress-free suspense and absurdity also offer an increasingly rare thing: novelty.

A still from Sharknado 2 (2014), set in New York City.
Updated on Jun 22, 2024 04:03 PM IST
ByAnesha George

Counter stripe: Why are our big cats changing colour?

We have a lot more black tigers, a golden tiger, and all-black wolves. Why? The short answer could be: Us. See how changes to habitats may be at the root.

Assam’s lone golden tiger, at Kaziranga National Park. (Gaurav Ramnarayanan)
Updated on Jun 22, 2024 05:18 PM IST
ByNatasha Rego

Mysore pack: Inside a museum of gilded paintings

A businessman has spent nearly four decades collecting Mysore-style paintings. His 600 works are now housed in an old home converted into a museum.

A painting of Bala Mukunda or the child Krishna, from 1892. The rotund toddler was thought to symbolise health and wealth in the royal court of Mysore. (Courtesy Ramsingh Museum)
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 08:33 PM IST
BySukanya Datta

When poisoning is the antidote: How artist are fighting back against AI

New tools are allowing artists to alter their work at the pixel level, to confuse bots and misdirect algorithms. How long can this work? What’s next?

At University of Chicago, researchers have been testing the impact of poisoned datasets on AI-led image generators. Their findings state that even 50 poisoned images can alter the results generated by an AI model. Mix in about 300 poisoned images, they say, and Cubism may blend with anime, or a purse start to resemble a toaster.
Updated on Jun 21, 2024 07:06 PM IST
ByAnesha George
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