As the Congress feels the tremors of its own deeds, and the opposition asks for the PM’s head, party General Secretary Digvijay Singh speaks to Open

That it is happening is not in doubt. The implications, though, are far from clear

The constantly high temperatures maintained by mammals may be a way to fight fungal infections

A JPC must meet the test of public interest, not of gains for the BJP or Congress

For all their posturing and weighty pretences, the Indian elite’s life of letters is still strangely beholden to the British

The way the media reports science reflects its failure to question authority.

A woman with amygdala damage in her brain reveals what a fearless life implies

Gold on earth may well have come from outer space, but the gold we can currently access has an even more interesting history

When did it become more important for a Prime Minister to assuage ‘corporate nervousness’ than to address ‘national nervousness’?

Bacteria that use arsenic in their DNA could reshape our idea of the chemistry of life