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Nobel Prize was designed for a scientific world that no longer exists

Nobel Day is an opportunity to celebrate excellence. But it rewards the science that fits a comfortable narrative and ignores the science that actually protects society.

How Jupiter saved the Earth from being sucked into the Sun & seahorses show how male pregnancies work

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Why the Nobel Prize continues to elude India

A nation that boasts of the world’s fourth-largest economy has been unable to bag a single Nobel Prize for nearly a decade, and has remained dry of any in sciences since independence.

Indian scientists, entrepreneurs are trying to understand chronic pain. Finally

India is largest producer of morphine. We still don't see chronic pain as public health issue.

There is a global race to make fusion power a reality. India must step up investments soon

India is playing a very important role in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, the world’s largest nuclear fusion project that aims to produce net energy gain from fusion.

Sidhu’s cancer cures & Ashwini Vaishnaw’s CPR signal one thing. Science is eroding

Transformation of fringe theories into institutional policy was so gradual that many missed it. First, scientific institutions were demolished. Now, there's faulty CPR & fake cancer cures.

Exposure to artificial light at night can give these fish anxiety, which they pass on to offspring

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Bimla Buti didn’t study science until university. Vikram Sarabhai handpicked her to lead PRL

After she retired from research in 2003, she started the Buti Foundation to help young scientists in their careers. 'I am putting more effort into reducing the gender gap in STEM,' she said.

Growing chorus of concern over Vigyan awards selection criteria, scientists allege last-minute changes

Several scientists have questioned the omission of 3 names from shortlist for Vigyan Yuva Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards, despite expert committee’s recommendation.

How did ancient Indians, Africans, Greeks understand science? Panch tatva, God, myth

At the launch of his book 'Mythakon se Vigyan Tak', Gauhar Raza spoke about the development of science, scientific consciousness, and myths across ancient civilisations.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

Rupee’s turmoil has echoes of 2013

With the US-India trade deal yet to get done, rupee depreciation may be helping to mitigate India’s loss of competitiveness. The other problem is extreme despondence among overseas equity investors.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.