A meteorite 40 km in diameter that struck off the west coast of India may have doomed the dinosaurs.

...or why Indian history is so short on tyrants.

This year’s Nobel in Chemistry ends a quest that began with the discovery of the DNA Double Helix

Social cooperation may explain why spotted hyenas can even outperform chimps at some complex tasks

Chandrayaan’s find has suddenly raised the possibility of life elsewhere that much higher.

Fog on Saturn’s moon Titan strengthens claims that it may hold answers to how life began on earth

Research shows that cities are organised like mammal brains, since both systems respond to the problem of efficient transport

‘Satanic Verses’ was banned 20 years ago. In all the navel-gazing contemporary Indian fiction, where’s the book that has the power to offend?

Genetic research suggests dogs were first tamed on the southern shores of the Yangtze River for their meat

Science sheds light on how our genes shape our friendships and how these in turn influence our emotions such as happiness and our habits such as smoking

CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…