The Sciences

Through poems and creation myths, the metaphor of the sea seems evermore to be passing into actuality. Credit: Pexels/pixabay

The Sea, the Sea! The Primordial Metaphor That Has Stayed With Science

Binit Priyaranjan 30/08/2018

The progress of scientific knowledge has revealed a cluster...

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Three Science Academies Write to Javadekar, Ask That UGC System Be Retained

The Wire Staff 29/08/2018

After careful examination of the UGC Act and HECI...

Chennai: At an outreach activity with a local organisation, Pudiyador, members of the faculties of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the Chennai Mathematics Institute observe zero shadow day with children and volunteers at 12:07 pm on April 24, 2018. Credit: Varuni P.

Debate: Science Outreach Is Multifarious and Inclusion Needn’t Be Direct

Varuni P. 28/08/2018

Greater institutional involvement in planning curricula has the potential...

Though a drinking habit is very common, what people consider a standard drink to be varies widely. Credit: Wil Stewart/Unsplash

Alcohol at Any Level Is Injurious to Health

K.S. Parthasarathy 27/08/2018

A large new study has said that every level...

For science communication to be undertaken in earnest, public institutions must employ a realistic definition of ‘the public’, in particular one that accounts for and caters to people across caste lines and socioeconomic status. Representative image. Credit: IISc

Science Outreach Is Great but Scientists Must Consider Who They’re Reaching

Madhusudhan Raman 26/08/2018

Scientific outreach is now seen as a responsibility that...

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...

A woman works in a field of mustard. Credit: Reuters

Time for India to Set up a Framework to Use Gene-Editing Tech in Its Farms

Shambhavi Naik 25/08/2018

If India classifies genetic editing as gene modification, we...