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  • Apr
    11

    Rolling super-eyes heavenwards

    When Galileo Galilei first turned his homemade telescope towards the heavens little did he realise that he was initiating a revolution.

  • Mar
    22

    Seeing is believing? Not always

    Statement that light travels in a straight line seems to be contradicting at times.

  • Feb
    15

    Black holes & bureaucracy

    The Bhagavata Purana carries the story of King Kukudmi who had a beautiful daughter called Revati.

  • Jan
    18

    Chasing an elusive particle

    When one year ends and another begins, that is an occasion to take stock of a field in order to see where we are and which way are we headed.

  • Dec
    21

    The science of plagiarism

    A scientist, whom we shall refer to here as Dr X, had published a paper on the general theory of relativity in a reputed journal abroad.

  • Nov
    23

    Who is faster: You or light?

    There was a young lady named Miss Bright, who travelled much faster than light. She departed one day, in an Einsteinian way

  • Oct
    28

    Arithmetic of nostalgia

    The absence of a credible proof that the sutras date back to the Vedic times makes it very difficult for scholars to accept adjective ‘Vedic’.

  • Sep
    28

    Taxila aglow, but Nalanda in shadow

    A few years ago, a regional conference in Islamabad gave some of us Indian scientists an opportunity of a visit across the border.

  • Aug
    31

    Frontiers of free inquiry

    Although science claims to be a human endeavour entirely guided by rationality and objectivity, history tells us otherwise.

  • Aug
    03

    Cosmic catastrophes

    The Crab Nebula is arguably the most spectacular event in the cosmos.