Science

The midnight Sun in Norway. Credit: Oberlehner/pixabay

How Do You Tell Time in the Lands of the Midnight Sun?

Bhanu Sridharan 24/01/2018

In the tropics, we take light and darkness for...

Charles Darwin. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Charles Darwin, a Punching Bag for the Religious Right

C.P. Rajendran 24/01/2018

Destiny tipped in Darwin's favour, letting him discover the...

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Have Scientists Discovered the Germ Responsible for Killing 15 Million Aztecs?

Caroline Dodds Pennock 24/01/2018

Despite new findings, the deaths can't be blamed on...

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What It Means to ‘Reject’ Evolution, in the Words of a 1982 Judgment

S.K. Arun Murthi 23/01/2018

The dismissal of a theory for scientific wrongness should...

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Beijing’s Trajectory in Science and Technology Shows India Is Far Behind in the Game

Manoj Joshi 23/01/2018

Given the profoundly anti-science attitude of our government leaders,...

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A Vision of the Future of Space Exploration From a Century Ago

Alice Gorman 23/01/2018

In the early 20th century a Russian scientist –...

From left to right: Satyapal Singh (Credit: Wikimedia Commons), a depiction of Darwin's Theory of Evolution (Credit: Pixabay, Creative Commons) and Charles Darwin (Credit: Wikimedia Commons).

Scientists and Three Science Academies Protest Satyapal Singh’s Creationist Remark

The Wire Staff 22/01/2018

They wrote that the incident "diminishes the image of...