Don't worry, be...

Science has not yet clearly established the link between happiness and longevity

The blind spot of science

Will scientists ever concede that science and politics are bedfellows, no matter how strange?

यादों की चोरी

अल्जाइमर नामक लाइलाज महामारी पूरी दुनिया को अपनी चपेट में ले रही है, ऐसे में हम केवल अपने जीने का तरीका बदल सकते हैं ...

Science Tales

Writings on the interplay of science, history, gender, culture and politics

Unbuttoning the gender straitjacket

Attempts at subverting the delusions of gender should begin with a progressive fashioning of young minds

The labyrinth of desire

A female equivalent of Viagra has once again rekindled our interest in the female libido

Unmasking the monsoon

Putting together the finer pieces of the monsoon puzzle remains a challenge as new key drivers have emerged

अंग्रेजी बनाम स्थानीय भाषाएं

अंग्रेजी की जगह स्थानीय भाषाओं में विज्ञान पढ़ाना कितना तार्किक और यथार्थवादी है? 

Scientific fracking

Breaking the mould

Microbes will always triumph over antibiotics. We can only choose the battles that will make a difference

चिकित्सकीय परीक्षणों में लिंगभेद

आधुनिक चिकित्सा के इतिहास में अनुसंधान प्रयोग हमेशा लैगिंक भेदभाव से भरपूर रहे हैं। लेकिन अब इस सोच में बदलाव की शुरुआत होने लगी ...

Debased database

Statistical data has been used and abused for centuries by a range of people for a variety of reasons. Is there a way out?

Indian scientists thwart Western embargo on manufacture of carbon composites

An indigenous technique of manufacturing carbon-carbon composites -- state-of-the-art materials of immense commercial and military importance.…

Tongue-twisting in easy steps

A software package allows material in unfamiliar Indian languages to be read in 10 others

A river with a difference

Is it realistic to teach science in vernacular languages?

Can an alien worldview like western science be taught in the vernacular or is it best conveyed in the languages of the culture that created it?

हम ट्रांसजेंडर

जैविक रूप से बात करें तो समाज को पुरुषों और महिलाओं के द्विवर्ण में विभाजित किया जाता है, जो स्पष्ट यौन अंतरों पर ही ...

Mortal combat

Can life be extended indefinitely? There is a renewed vigour among scientists looking for ways and means to cheat death

Cultural calling

Henrich attempts a thrilling adventure in the fierce interplay between genes and culture in human evolution

Maps of the world

Geographical Information Systems is revolutionising the present and portend a happier future. Or so we hope in the maps of our minds.

Fingering the keyboard

Indian scientists are developing computers that can understand and respond to the spoken wordIndian scientists are developing computers that can …

एन्थ्रोपोसीन: मानव युग की प्रस्तावना

एन्थ्रोपोसीन यानी मानव युग, मुनष्य और प्रकृति के बीच बढ़ते अलगाव को प्रदर्शित करता है

आबादी, श्राप या संसाधन?

दुनिया को ऐसे विचारों की जरूरत है जो तय कर पाएं कि जनसंख्या श्राप है या संसाधन क्योंकि जनसंख्या को श्राप बताते वाले कई ...

The great brain robbery

As the Alzheimer's epidemic rages worldwide without the hope of a cure, the best we can do is change the way we live to halt it in its tracks

Making sense of sexual swings

Is your sexual preference only a result of your genes or do environment and culture also influence it?