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The concept of accretion depicted using an analogy of the rural population moving to cities in the Warli style. Credit: Lakshmi Supriya

Why Science Students Are Taking to Tribal Art Forms To Visualise Their Work

Lakshmi Supriya 22/10/2016

Bitasta Das was inspired by Indian folklore when she...

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...

The 2012 IgNobel Prize. Source: UCSB

Listen: Celebrating the Quirky Side of Science

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 17/11/2015

For over two decades, the Ig Noble Prize has...

The 2012 IgNobel Prize. Source: UCSB

From Unboiling Eggs to the Effects of Kissing, Rewards for Good Ol’ Curiosity

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/09/2015

The IgNobel Prizes are known for juxtaposing meticulously conducted...