The Sciences

A depiction of the Riemann zeta function in the complex plane. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Infinite in All Directions: Titanic Storms, IIT-JEE Toppers, Riemann Hypothesis

Vasudevan Mukunth 28/09/2018

The hot news this week from the mathematical physics...

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The Modi Government’s Pseudoscience Drive Is More Than an Attack on Science

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/09/2018

A person who peddles a "fact" that Indians flew airplanes...

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Malaria Mosquitoes Wiped out in Lab Trials of Gene Drive Testing

Kate Kelland 26/09/2018

The researchers managed to eliminate the population in less...

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What Observing Animals Has Told Us About Altruism in Nature

Anoushka Dasgupta 26/09/2018

There are many instances of entirely magnanimous acts. There...

University Grants Commission. Credit: UGC

A Surgical Strike at the UGC’s Independence?

Gautam I. Menon 25/09/2018

Education should serve society and all those who belong...

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The ‘Crazy’ Quest for the Ghosts of Universes Past and Present

Ronak Gupta 23/09/2018

Did other universes exist before ours? And if they...

An artist's impression of a blazar, one kind of cosmic object that the telescope will be able to study. Credit: JPL/NASA/Wikimedia Commons

Telescope Planned in Ladakh Will Place Advanced Eyes on High-Energy Universe

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan 22/09/2018

The four-metre telescope will be able to operate in...