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D.S. Kothari was one of modern India’s outstanding theoretical physicists. His work helped explain how white dwarf stars remain stable under enormous gravity,…

Tulsi, also called holy basil or Ocimum tenuiflorum, holds an important place in many Indian households. Its leaves are used in teas, cooking, traditional…

A team of archaeologists in Madhya Pradesh has used ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to identify the remains of an ancient urban settlement beneath the modern…

A tsunami is a series of long waves produced when a large volume of seawater is displaced. Undersea earthquakes are the most common cause, especially where one…

In an Odisha village, a low-cost vertical garden showed how food production can begin with very little land, money or infrastructure. The approach used stacked…

Ayurveda is often presented as an ancient, natural and holistic alternative to modern medicine. In advertisements and social media posts, its long history is…

In many rural stories, a rooster crowing at midnight is treated as an omen. The unusual timing may be attributed to spirits, approaching disaster or a hidden…

The history of Indian science includes many researchers whose names never became household words. S.M. Mitra belongs to that less familiar group: an early…

A young scientist in Pune has explored a deceptively simple idea: using a smartphone camera to help detect fake medicines. Instead of relying on a laboratory…

The chemistry of the Indian pickle shows how food can remain stable without a refrigerator. Salt, acid, oil, spices, reduced water activity and carefully…