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Narendra Modi Becomes Second Indian PM To Win Ig Nobel Prize

The Wire Staff 19/09/2020

Prime Minister Modi shared the prize with eight other...

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In Science, It’s Better to Be Curious Than Correct

Thomas Merritt 21/11/2019

We can’t know when we’re wrong, but it’s important...

The surface of a natural graphite crystal. The graphene derived from such crystals exhibit interesting and unique topological properties. Credit: University of Exeter/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Scientists Shouldn’t Always Look for Utility in the Beauty of Shapes

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/10/2016

It’s not good to harp on applications in order...

The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony in 2006. Paper planes are visible on the stage. Credit: jdlouhy/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What the Photon is the Ig Nobel Prize?

Sangeetha Balakrishnan 22/09/2016

The Ig Nobel Prizes break stereotypes, telling students that...

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Infinite in All Directions: the Killer Lake, Whistling in the Caribbean and Re-flooding Chennai

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/06/2016

Infinite in All Directions is our new science newsletter....