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At Event Co-Hosted by ISRO, Both Pseudoscience and Pseudo-Philosophy on Offer

S.K. Arun Murthi 27/10/2022

It's one thing to be enthusiastic about forging a...

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ISRO To Join RSS Affiliate To Host ‘Ancient Science’ Conference

The Wire Staff 23/10/2022

Given the Narendra Modi government's track record, the conference...

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What Fibonacci, and Ancient Indian Scholars, Didn’t Know About the Golden Ratio

Sooraj 14/12/2021

Many indocentric claims about the Fibonacci series and the...

From left to right: Ram Madhav (Credit: PTI), Charles Darwin (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) and Satyapal Singh (Credit: PTI).

With Ram Madhav and Satyapal Singh in Charge, Even Lord Ram Can’t Help Indian Science

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/01/2018

If the minister's pen, with RSS support, blots the...

Winston Mills-Compton teaches a class in mathematics at the Mfantsipim Boys School in Cape Coast, Ghana, June 20, 2006. Mfantsipim is one of the oldest schools in Cape Coast, a town that prides itself as the academic center of the country. UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is one of the school's alumni. Credit: Flickr

The Five Big Contributions Ancient India Made to the World of Math

Christian Yates 29/09/2017

As well as giving us the concept of zero,...

Satya Pal Singh. Credit: PTI

Dear Minister: An Indian Did Try to Fly But He Definitely Didn’t Invent the Aeroplane

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/09/2017

If the thinking of Satya Pal Singh is anything...

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Breaking Down the ‘Jagat-Guru Complex’: India, a Giver of Science, Never a Taker

Shailza Sharma 24/07/2016

The conviction that we have always known everything that...