A very small fraction of India’s science education centres facilitate equitable access to various spaces for people of different genders. This pattern is especially acute with student hostels – where ...

This article is the first of a two-part series that examines India’s plans for over two dozen mega hydroelectric (hydel) power projects in the Himalayan and Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspots, ...

Contrary to popular belief and cinematic glorification, most archaeologists would say that the search for spectacular treasures isn’t their main research objective. One of the main goals of ...

The effects of climate change are so unsparing of smaller details that two places not far from each other on the Bengal coast have been confronted with separate challenges. In Jharkhali of the ...

An elaborate system of cleaning mutualism exists in the ocean, where some fish present themselves to be cleaned at designated cleaning stations visited by cleaner fish.

This ground report is the first of two about a community’s religious beliefs and their role in conservation, explored through the community members’ lived experiences. The people of the Monpa belt of ...

The Black Necked Crane Festival at Gangteng, Bhutan, has played a significant role in cementing the religio-cultural ethos of local communities.

Forests once deemed resilient are suffering surprising die-offs. To predict the fate of the world’s woods in the face of climate change, researchers need to understand how trees die.

Erwin Schrödinger, 1933. Photo: Nobel Foundation/Public Domain. Quantum physics is one of the most remarkable developments of the 20th century. Until the early 1900s or so, Isaac Newton’s laws of ...

If the spectre of Trump's Big Lie haunts the United States, India is in the grip of the Deep Lie of myths turned into certified facts of history and science.

The author of a new book offers a closer look at the specific influence pseudoscientific ideas had on the emergence and consequences of Nazi ideology.

With the appreciation that diet is the most influential factor shaping our gut microbiome, more affluent people are now moving away from junk food and making healthier food choices. The impact of ...