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Fields Medal, Abel Prize, Nobel Prize, calculus of variations, differential geometry, analytical geometry, particle physics, harmonic maps, Institute for Advanced Study, Richard Palais, Yamabe problem, Brandeis University, University of Illinois, Dirichlet energy, Stephen Smale,

Karen Uhlenbeck Is First Woman to Win ‘Math’s Nobel’

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/03/2019

In the last 17 years, 19 men have won...

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In Pursuit of ‘National Priorities’, a University Abandons Its Students

Rizio 19/03/2019

But for the Central University of Kerala's imaginative intervention...

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UN Environmental Report Formalises Link Between Health and Climate Change

Sarath Guttikunda 14/03/2019

All case studies point to the need for a...

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, Bengaluru, Karnataka, air pollution, air purifiers, Wind Augmentation Purifying Units, LPG cylinders, air quality monitoring station, PM2.5, PM10, electric buses, diesel, public transport,

Bengaluru Will Not Breathe Better Air Even With 44,000 Air Purifiers

Sarath Guttikunda 06/03/2019

We never improve air pollution by sucking pollutants out...

astrometry, Gaia space probe, European Space Agency - ESA, telescope, astrolabe, armillary sphere, trigonometry, Hipparchus, parallax effect, heliometer telescope, 61 Cygni, Astrographic Catalogue, Space Age, Milky Way galaxy, white dwarf stars, Kepler space telescope, Hubble's constant, quadrants, sextants, astronomy,

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...

Sarasvati river, Saraswati river, Ghaggar river, Hakra river, Ghaggar-Hakra palaeochannel, Harappans, Indus Valley Civilisation, Vedic Aryans, Early Indians, Tony Joseph, Indus-Yamuna interlfuve, perennial river, seasonal river, monsoons, Himalayan glaciers, Liviu Giosan, Peter Clift, Rann of Kutch,

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,...

conservation, Forest Rights Act, Adivasis, forest dwelling communities, tribals, timber, forest act, national forests policy, encroachment, bourgeois, Supreme Court, imperial bureaucracy, forest-dependent communities, conservatism,

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'...