Reviews

Side by side on a tabla stand, the bayan and dayan look like a matched pair, yet their pitches and colours differ markedly. The bayan usually provides the bass…

The question “Why the Myth That Cooking in Brass Vessels Causes Toxicity Is an Unscientific Generalization?” exposes sloppy public-health language. A…

Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861–1944) was a Bengali chemist whose work helped give India a modern pharmaceutical industry. He founded a company, built research…

How a team in Hyderabad created a smart inhaler to track asthma triggers in real time is a story of joining two kinds of evidence: what a patient breathes and…

The Sundarbans spreads across the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal, shared by West Bengal in India and Bangladesh. Its…

The notion that astrological planets affect your personality lacks a causal mechanism. Astrology can be culturally meaningful, entertaining or reflective, but…

Kamala Sohonie was an Indian chemist whose work in biochemistry, yeast research and nutrition made her a landmark in the history of women in science. Born in…

In Odisha, a student used digital modelling and a 3D printer to develop a low-cost prosthetic hand. The achievement lies in a disciplined cycle: define the…

Every saree begins as a planned grid. Warp threads meet transverse weft threads, and choices about spacing, interlacing and colour determine what appears on…

The belief that thunder sours milk has appeared in many cultures, including households where people notice milk turning bad during stormy weather. The…