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Stephen Hawking (left; source: hawking.org.uk) and Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri (source: YouTube)

The Little Known Calcutta Scientist Whose Shoulders Hawking Stood On

Aswin Sekhar 29/03/2018

Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri described the dynamics of light’s motion...

Cabinet minister and senior BJP leader from Dehi Harshvardhan stands to attention while speaking to Prime Minister Modi in this file photo from 2014. Credit: PMO

A Science Minister – and an Event – That Insults Indian Science

Vasudevan Mukunth 17/03/2018

Harsh Vardhan and the administration to which he belongs...

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Watch: Stephen Hawking, the Cosmic Bard, Traveller and Poet

The Wire Staff 14/03/2018

Stephen Hawking (1941-2018) was one of the most popular...

Stephen Hawking taking a zero-gravity flight in 2007. Credit: Jim Campbell/Aero-News Network/Wikimedia Commons

Stephen Hawking, the Cosmic Bard

Vasudevan Mukunth 14/03/2018

'A Brief History of Time' was a remarkable piece...

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Physicist Stephen Hawking, Conqueror of Stars, Passes Away

Reuters 14/03/2018

The UK Press Association reported his death, citing a...

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How 2016 Heralded a New Kind of Race Into the Final Frontier

Narayan Prasad 31/12/2016

This time, it’s not one country against another as...

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A Brief History of Telling Time

Kenneth Grattan 17/05/2016

From sundials to atomic clocks, a journey through the...