Scientists seek clues to properties of water

A molecular theory is being put forward to explain why water behaves the way it does, but proof still eludes the researchers.

A scientist, a Marxist and a dreamer

Thirty-five years ago, a renowned British biologist branded England "a criminal state" and migrated to India. Today, in the year of his birth …

A life of perseverance

EVERY child has been fed the story of Isaac Newton's discovery of universal gravitation. But what is not told is that this idea did not come to …

Schrodinger's kittens dead or alive

Can a cat be both dead and alive at the same time? If you believe the classic interpretation of quantum physics, it can. But several scientists …

Walking tall

Jonas Salk, the man who humbled the dreaded polio virus, was that rarest of scientists, the "unconventional upstart"

The discovery machine

Ultra-smart software is outdoing humans, making scientific discoveries and helping drivers cope with bad driving

The last fetter

-- involving use of symbolic communication -- there is evidence that our ancestors could speak.

Why we exist

Book>> The grand design • by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow • Random House • Rs 800

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

What a nerve!

Scientists turn skin cells into nerves and immune cells

Speeding up research

Enigma unexplored

Bacteria fossils or mere rock?

Deforestation accelerating

Simply Put: Fate of scientists

Simply put: Number of scientists advising NGT reduced to 2 from 20

Researchers’ horror act

Film>> Scientists • Antarctic

Can't stand the smell

Giving girls the horrors

Practical hunting

Dinosaur dawn

Relying on intrigue to survive

Some insects come up with amazing answers to the question of survival.

Birth of a galaxy

Good night, sleep tight

Metallic clams