Associate Editor, Down To Earth
Three-body problem needs real, and not artificial solution
The equation that has confounded mathematicians for over 300 years needs an elegant and beautiful solution, not something where the end is there …
What the dog saw
Noel Fitzpatrick, the celebrity vet behind the Channel 4 show The Supervet, recounts his often-surprising journey in a memoir that celebrates the …
Technology trail to the gene grail
First detected in the late 1980s, the potential of CRISPR-Cas9 became evident in mid-2012. The technology’s promise in curing chronic and …
Here come the gene hackers
Interventions to make heritable changes to the human genome are fraught with uncertainties. There are legitimate concerns about using a still …
Breaking the mould
Mathematics has always been considered as a young person’s game. And to win one of the top award in the field at 76 is a greater …
Facebook's wild and severe side effects
Facebook is undermining democracies and leading to shallow and degraded public discourse
Leaving the poor aside
Germany's persistence in not agreeing with the idea of selling IMF gold reserves provided a convenient excuse for the G-7 to ignore the debt …
Quaking mountains
The Himalayas are seismically an active mountain belt and require long-term planning of townships and other long-term measures to mitigate disasters
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