Month: January 2018

Baldev Raj. Credit: PTI

Nuclear Physicist and NIAS Director Baldev Raj No More

The Wire Staff 07/01/2018

The fruits of his research have been deployed in strategic...

Nathan Seiberg. Source: ias.edu

Interview: ‘There’s No Conflict Between Lack of Evidence of String Theory and Work Being Done on It’

Sandhya Ramesh 07/01/2018

An interview with the notable physicist Nathan Seiberg on...

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How the Whalers of Moby-Dick Could Help Put Humans on Mars

Matthew Bruen 07/01/2018

There are astonishing parallels between the whaling industry and...

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Ministry of Human Resource Development, IIT Kharagpur, Meera Nanda, Ram Setu, Adam's bridge, Archaeological Survey of India, Geological Survey of India, ancient knowledge, Vedas, Puranas,

A Post-Truth Take on the Ram Setu

C.P. Rajendran 06/01/2018

None of the experts featured in a video released...

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Running Late? Tailgating at a Traffic Light Will Not Get You Through Faster

Priyanka Runwal 06/01/2018

It's important to understand that we move slowly but...

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Conscientiousness in Animals, Explaining Tidy Birds and Neat Bees

Mikel Maria Delgado 06/01/2018

Our understanding of animal personality was stalled for years...

Playing With Balloons, or How to Use a Condom in the Hinterland

Khabar Lahariya 05/01/2018

In the year UP chief minister Adityanath turned the...