What’s one practical step your country or company could take to prepare workers for an AI-driven future?  Drop your answer in the comments on TheBrink’s website by August 10, 2025. The most creative, actionable idea wins $50!

The mountains call, and we answer. The snow-draped peaks of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, with their whispering pines and sacred rivers, have long been our escape from the chaos of city life. Shimla’s misty mornings, Manali’s adventure trails, Kedarnath’s spiritual pull, these are the postcards of paradise we chase. But beneath the Instagram filters and tourist brochures lies a heart-wrenching truth: we’re loving these hills to death. This isn’t just a story of environmen

The Curious AI, for TheBrink Readers The future is knocking, and it’s not polite! This isn’t just another story; it’s a cinematic plunge into the abyss of Artificial Intelligence that will leave you breathless. We’re talking a former tech titan’s chilling prophecy: “Unless you’re in the top 0.1%, you’re a peasant…”, and that’s just the beginning.

Think you know the way out of this mess? Share your boldest idea to tackle France’s debt crisis in the comments below. The most creative, practical solution wins $50! Whether it’s a policy overhaul, a grassroots movement, or a wild card no one’s thought of. Entries close August 20, 2025. Tick-tock, France.

In the heart of a bustling Mumbai street, where the honks of rickshaws mingle with the dreams of young innovators hunched over laptops in cramped cafes, the government has thrown down a colossal $12 billion gauntlet, a National Research and Development Initiative (RDI) aimed at igniting innovation in deep tech, health, energy, and more.

Karol Nawrocki, a historian with steely eyes and a crucifix always tucked beneath his collar; the other, Donald Tusk, a seasoned statesman whose weary smile has steered Poland through both jubilation and crisis. Tonight, those faces are more than art; they're the future of a country on the brink.

Brain rot is the mental fog from endless scrolling, binge-watching, and chasing dopamine hits on apps designed to keep us hooked. In India, with 900 million online users (60% of the population), it’s a crisis. Forgetting who controls your mind. It’s losing focus, clarity, and creativity to algorithms that dictate what we see and feel.

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The Experiment That Changed Everything Five college students, all around 20, were asked to do the unthinkable: stay in bed for three weeks straight. No exercise, no movement, just pure, enforced stillness. The goal was to see what happens when the body grinds to a halt. The results? Their cardiovascular fitness, measured by how much oxygen their bodies could use during exercise, crashed by 27%.