A study of a 50,000 year old wound suggests a possible reason for the extinction of Neanderthals

A fascinating statistical law was brought into play to substantiate claims that the Iran election was rigged

A solar eclipse provides a rare glimpse of the sun’s atmosphere, otherwise difficult to see

He suffers from amusia and can’t tell the difference between the national anthem and Beethoven’s Fifth

The discovery of a midsized black hole may explain how gigantic black holes form in galaxies

Ida, the 47 million-year-old primate fossil unveiled to the public a little over a month ago, was an important discovery. But not for the reasons that this book sets out to establish

The Communists have come in for opprobrium, not because of the middle class’ aspirations, but because they have devalued their own worth

Water is a resource Gujarat would have been flooded with had the Narmada project gone by plan. Instead, the state remains parched and farmers watch helplessly as reserves flow out to sea. It’s a story of alarming apathy

The meticulous study of the finches of Galapagos continues to reveal the mechanism by which natural selection operates

Recent genetic research on rats shows the possibility of taming hitherto untamable species