History

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Engineer’s Day: The Little Known Histories of Indian, British Engineers Before 1947

Aparajith Ramnath 15/09/2018

In the period between the World Wars, homegrown Indian...

A fire burns at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 2, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Ricardo Moraes

Massive Fire at 200-Year-Old National Museum in Brazil

Reuters 03/09/2018

The museum, which is tied to the Rio de...

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Ancient Teenager the First Known Person with Parents of Two Different Species

Michelle Langley 31/08/2018

Ancient DNA in a 50,000+ year old bone tells...

We have ancient ancestors to thank for the cheese we eat today. Credit: Pixabay

The Surprising Role Cheese Played in Human Evolution

Penny Bickle 30/08/2018

Archaeologists have discovered the world's oldest cheese, and it...

The Taj Mahal up close. Credit: jaymis/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What’s the Taj Mahal’s Actual Colour? ASI Has a Dubious Way to Find Out

Sarah Iqbal 26/08/2018

The culture minister has said original photographs of the...

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Madhava and the Uninfluential Discovery of Calculus

Thomas Manuel 16/08/2018

Despite references to discoveries being made in the early...

Doctors performing a surgery at a hospital in Rourkela, Odisha, in 2013. Credit: sswain_1999/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

50 Years Ago: India’s First Heart Transplant in the Time of Nehruvian Science

Kiran Kumbhar 30/06/2018

In 1968, India was still recovering from a debilitating...