science

Colin Khoury: ‘We are all beneficiaries of ancient farmers in far-flung lands’

Madhavankutty Pillai

Colin Khoury, the author of Origins of Food Crops Connect Countries Worldwide spoke to Open about the journey of foods and how globalization has given a spurt to it

Mahan Mj: God’s Geometer

Open

He has one foot in the spiritual world as a Ramakrishna Mission monk and another in Mathematics

The Seven Day Rule

Open

A new study reveals a close correlation between happiness and having sex at least once a week

Genetic Profiling: Is it all in the DNA?

Ullekh NP

A Bill seeks to make genetic profiling mandatory for the fight against crime—and generates a debate about the clash of ethics, freedom, science and data

Music for the Mind

Open

Our favourite songs can reveal the way our brains work

Ariel Garten: The Brain Diviner

Madhavankutty Pillai

Ariel Garten is a fashion designer, psychotherapist and neuroscientist—and her company makes a headband that offers a shortcut to meditation

Nepal Earthquake: Ready for the Big One?

RK Chadha

Science warns us against complacency

Fear of Spiders

Open

Arachnophobia isn’t a sign of emotional weakness, but a product of human evolution

Over the Horizon

Madhavankutty Pillai

What are the forces transforming India's education and how they reflect on the present

TO CATCH A NEUTRINO

Madhavankutty Pillai

The biggest Indian pure science project ever conceived—digging a huge cavern in the middle of a mountain to detect an elusive subatomic particle—is underway in the face of unexpected opposition