Do evolution and epigenetics make one person gorgeous with enviable curves while another gets an unhealthy-looking gut?
4 min read2 Sep 2021How do spiders float through the air? Scientists have explained this by demonstrating that spiders detect and react to electric charges around them
7 min read12 Oct 2018Darwinian theory is as fundamental to biology as Newton's laws are to physics or the structure of benzene is to organic chemistry, says Ankit Sule
6 min read18 Aug 2018Stephen Hawking is to take his place among some of the greatest scientists in history when his ashes are interred inside Westminster Abbey, close to the graves of Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin
1 min read24 Mar 2018At the end of the day, the world of science can never be wedded to national boundaries
5 min read2 Feb 2018Turkey, once seen as a model democratic state in the Islamic world, combining Islamism and political pluralism, seems to be sliding back into medieval times
4 min read1 Aug 2017The UK's new 10-pound note featuring Jane Austen has created controversy, ranging from the choice of her photo, to the quote on the bill
2 min read18 Jul 2017In this special issue on travel, we hark back to that spirit, the idea of a voyage made not for leisure, but for the sake of science, and narratives that mix sense of place with a sense of discovery
3 min read15 Apr 2017The definitive reading list of journeys that were not taken just for the sake of traveland which changed the world in lasting ways
5 min read15 Apr 2017Researchers have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the Primula flower
2 min read5 Dec 2016The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared