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How the Calcutta Medical College Led to the Rise of Biomedicine in India

Kiran Kumbhar 28/03/2019

The CMC's establishment in 1835 resulted in the British...

Plastic

The Dawn of the Age of Plastics

David A. Taylor 25/03/2019

The 1939 World’s Fair was a testament to cork’s...

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From Hipparchus to Gaia, the Story of Finding Our Place Among Billions of Stars

Jatan Mehta 27/02/2019

Although astrometry is over 2,200 years old, it wasn't...

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Saraswati: The River That Never Was, Flowing Always in the People’s Hearts

C.P. Rajendran 26/02/2019

If the Centre wants to strengthen the people's faith,...

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The Supreme Court Sends Forest Rights Back to a Dark Past

Tanay Gandhi 25/02/2019

In colonial India, encroachers were thought of as 'evil'...

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Review: The DIY Experiment That Captures ‘All the Mystery of Quantum Physics’

Thomas Manuel 07/02/2019

In 'Through Two Doors At Once', Anil Ananthaswamy doesn’t...

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The Good, Bad and the Ugly of Trapping ‘Pranayama’ Within Scientific Speak

Vasudevan Mukunth 31/01/2019

Scientific American's article and the reaction it has prompted...