Over before we knew it
Lenoid meteor shower, the biggest astronomical non-event of 1998, caused hardly any damage to orbiting satellites
In denial
Book>> Denialism, How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives by Michael Specter Penguin …
Why we exist
Book>> The grand design • by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow • Random House • Rs 800
Total recall
The little chickadee sheds light on how certain humans have bigger, more retentive brains
Bogus science
Book>> Counterknowledge • by Damian Thompson • Norton and Norton, Rs 850
An unsung genius
Book>> The Strangest Man, the Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, the Mystic of the Atom • by Graham Farmelo • Faber and Faber, Rs 450
Ants’ point of view
Novel>> Anthill • by Edward O Wilson • Norton and Company • Indian price Rs 800
Sedimental attraction
A drowning delta can be rescued by changing the nature of its sediments, new theory claims
What would it mean to decolonise palaeontology? Here are some ideas
Nobody knows what decolonised palaeontology will look like but part of it must acknowledge Africa’s original fossil hunters, without&…
Indigenous radar to track monsoon winds now functional
CUSAT ST-205 Radar is specifically designed to scan the stratosphere which is the upper skies
Love Thy Planet: That is the key takeaway from the news that Earth’s inner core has stopped turning
This might be the planet’s way of telling us that it is our only home in the vast universe
Bengaluru ready for 107th India Science Congress
The event is a major focal point for scientists, researchers and academicians interested in various aspects of science discoveries and …
Keep calm, but don’t just carry on: how to deal with China’s mass surveillance of thousands of Australians
Australia needs to adopt recommendations by law reform inquiries and establish a national right to privacy
Fabric of the byte
The development of technology and its relations with society and culture hold contemporary lessons for India
Why we shouldn’t mess with nature’s logic about the length of our eyelashes
Very little is known about our eyelashes, but they do serve a purpose. They keep our eyes from drying out and accumulating dirt
Microsoft's dubious ways on piracy
The Mumbai High Court severely censures Microsoft for false claims and suppression of facts in its latest case on software piracy
Sticking glue to wounds
Wounds will heal up with far less pain as an adhesive will be used to seal up lacerations, making stitching unnecessary
Dividing time
Is timefor a cell a recurringevent or something continuous? Well to find the answer you mustfirst know its temperature
Biology of suffering
The way an animal reacts to a hostile situation depends a lot on The evolution of its species, say researchers
The fifth force
The discovery of a previously unknown particle could revolutionise the concepts of classical physics
Sleep well, old pal
The greatest truths for remaining healthy are evident but mostly ignored. Two new studies stress on one of them -- exercise
Noise enfolded
Muffling the sound made by a supersonic jet during take-off could bring calm to areas where air traffic is high
Looking for life
The rightplace to look for extraterrestrial life is not planets of other solar systems but their moons
Sniffing out the killers
They are tiny and remote-controlled. And these sniffer planes will soon fly into biowarfare danger zones
Meltdown 2000!
Celebrations of the new century might be accompanied by multiple nuclear meltdowns wrought by the millennium bug. Is there a way out?