The Sciences

Nova Vul 1670 as seen by the Gemini, SMA and APEX instruments. Credit: ESO/T. Kamiński, CC BY-SA 3.0

Found: First Evidence of Radioactive Molecules Outside the Solar System

Mywish Anand 01/10/2018

For many decades, astronomers have been familiar with gamma...

Tasuku Honjo (left) and James P. Allison. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Credit for the Nobel Prize medallion: robynmack96/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

2018 Medicine Nobel Prize: Who Are James Allison and Tasuku Honjo?

The Wire Staff 01/10/2018

Allison's and Honjo's work focuses on proteins inside our...

An illustration of the coconut tree from Hortus Malabaricus, with names in Latin, Malayalam, Arabic and Konkani written in the Nagari script. Credit: K.S. Manilal

A Kerala Botanist’s Affair With an Unlikely 17th Century Book

Akshai Jain 30/09/2018

K.S. Manilal first chanced upon the 'Hortus Malabaricus' in...

Tesla Motors CEO Musk speaks during the National Governors Association Summer Meeting in Providence

Tesla, Musk Pay $40 Million to Settle Tweet Charges, Musk to Resign as Chairman

Michelle Price and Pete Schroeder 30/09/2018

Musk is now required to step down as chairman...

A billet of highly enriched uranium. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Pakistan’s Nuclear Arsenal May Have Plateaued: Study

Dinesh C. Sharma 29/09/2018

In the absence of any direct information about weapon...

Instruments of the ASTROSAT being inspected at the ISRO Satellite Centre. Credit: ISRO

A New Effort to Bring Astronomy and People Closer

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan 29/09/2018

Astronomers have been using Astrosat's instruments to study diverse...

A lecture hall at IIT-Kharagpur. Credit: ambuj/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Mediocrity in Higher Education Is a Bigger Blow Than India Acknowledges

Pushkar 29/09/2018

For how long can a nation claim to be...