A python’s physiological response to a large meal may hold some promise for the human heart
03 November 2011…was no mere lobbyist or loyalist. She was a member of the new ruling class
02 November 2011Genome analysis unravels how the hemp plant gave rise to marijuana
28 October 2011AK Ramanujan’s essay—Three Hundred Ramayanas, recently removed from Delhi University’s syllabus—must be read, not argued over
28 October 2011He endorses the RSS worldview while appealing to people who lie outside its fold
23 October 2011A new study contradicts a key assumption about the mysterious matter that may make up much of the universe
21 October 2011Structures once believed to be impossible but used today for non-stick pans have been honoured by this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry
14 October 2011Precise experimental results questioning Einstein’s work have found very few takers, so far
02 October 2011It seems that a realistic assessment of one’s own abilities can be a disadvantage in situations where the returns are high
25 September 2011Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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