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Saturday, May 4, 2024
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The one thing Adi Shankaracharya and Stephen Hawking agree on

Until a few centuries ago, scientists believed that they could, and did indeed, solve the riddle of the universe, says Pavan K. Varma in his book.

India would have been a dump for crackpot science had Modi not Nehru been its first leader

How much of Nehru’s India will be undone by Modi and his cronies remains to be seen. A demoralised and broken Congress opposition means that they are here to stay for long.

Don’t expect govt to promote scientific temper, scientists must take science to Indians

It doesn’t cost a lot of money to publish a great science magazine online. Making good video-based science programmes is not as expensive as you think.

Talk Point: Is India’s march for science political, necessary or just misinformed?

On 14 April, scientists and research scholars from at least 20 cities in India will join over 600 cities across the globe to March for Science. The effort is to encourage scientific temper among the masses in an era of misinformation and dearth of funding in science research.

The science behind the optical illusion that has gone viral on social media

Several photos have surfaced where identical copies of pictures of a road placed side-by-side look different. What causes our brain to misinterpret something like that?

Stephen Hawking was a trailblazer who tried to merge quantum physics & general relativity

"If we do discover a theory of everything… it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason — for then we would truly know the mind of God."

Stephen Hawking leaves us with three important legacies

Hawking’s growing knowledge about the universe, loss of bodily control, and the fragility of life pushed him to take confident stands on subjects dear to him.

If Stephen Hawking was born in India, he’d have been a wasted genius, locked in an ashram

Hawking came to India in 2001 and we watched the Archaeological Survey of India go scurrying for makeshift ramps at Red Fort. It stirred our conscience.

Science can’t survive in the Hindu Rashtra, Satyapal Singh’s theory on Darwinism is proof

The political project of creating a Hindu Rashtra, where religion is a requirement for citizenship itself, necessitates an attack on science, history and art.

For 31 years after his death, Homi Bhabha’s office room was unoccupied

The secular condolence ceremony for Homi Bhabha of which no photographs were found has remained firmly etched in the scientists’ memory.

On Camera

Manusmriti in a London church? 18th-century Britain’s Indomania loved everything Hindu

Sir William Jones’ monument with Hindu religious imagery was accommodated in a Christian church as independently validated proof of the truth of Christianity.

High capacity usage, fresh borrowings & new orders — why FY25 could be a big year for pvt investment

Companies are borrowing more from banks and public. Economists say high capacity utilisation & growing new orders could set stage for renewed investment push by India Inc.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.