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Relativity’s Kin, the Bose-Einstein Condensate, is 90 Now

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/12/2015

It's been 20 years since physicists realised the first...

Scanning electron image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Remembering Sambhu Nath De, the Medical Man for the Blue Death

Anirban Mitra 20/11/2015

The scientific genius of Sambhu Nath De was the...

The Mediterranean Sea. Credit: Ittiz / wiki, CC BY

Atlantropa: the Colossal 1920s Plan to Dam the Mediterranean and Create a Supercontinent

Ricarda Vidal 18/09/2015

Dams across the Strait of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, and...

Staphylococcus xylosus. Credit: anicole/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Crosstalk: From the Inner Workings of a Cell to Science and Society

Sunil Laxman 15/09/2015

Crosstalk is a new monthly column on the history,...

Pentothal, Postcards and the Journey of a Drug from Life to Death

Nikhil Pandhi 08/08/2015

Why was a drug, which still has a legitimate...