Rakesh Kalshian is a Delhi-based writer on science, environment and development
Cultural calling
Henrich attempts a thrilling adventure in the fierce interplay between genes and culture in human evolution
Call the bluff
The JNU episode must force us to decipher the modus operandi of the modern `truth-telling' information machinery
The blind spot of science
Will scientists ever concede that science and politics are bedfellows, no matter how strange?
Delivering business
What the increase in caesarean operations worldwide tells us about the science and politics of birthing
Secret life of plants
A new book reinforces the fact that plants have intelligence and a complex sensory network
Is anyone out there?
The Hawking-Milner initiative promises to offer the quest for alien intelligence a new lease of life
The labyrinth of desire
A female equivalent of Viagra has once again rekindled our interest in the female libido
Stellar showbiz
Still a source of wonder for some, no great shakes for others, the recent total solar eclipse was a memorable spectacle
Small invasions
A new surgical technique that involving only small incisions has been used for removing a cyst from under the lung