A python’s physiological response to a large meal may hold some promise for the human heart

…was no mere lobbyist or loyalist. She was a member of the new ruling class

Genome analysis unravels how the hemp plant gave rise to marijuana

AK Ramanujan’s essay—Three Hundred Ramayanas, recently removed from Delhi University’s syllabus—must be read, not argued over

He endorses the RSS worldview while appealing to people who lie outside its fold

A new study contradicts a key assumption about the mysterious matter that may make up much of the universe

Structures once believed to be impossible but used today for non-stick pans have been honoured by this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry

There is no better word for the claim that Anna Hazare’s anti-corruption movement is ‘apolitical’

Precise experimental results questioning Einstein’s work have found very few takers, so far

It seems that a realistic assessment of one’s own abilities can be a disadvantage in situations where the returns are high

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…