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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

Our favourite songs can reveal the way our brains work

Ariel Garten: The Brain Diviner

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?

Science warns us against complacency

Fear of Spiders

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

Over the Horizon

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

TO CATCH A NEUTRINO

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

Beyond Ganesha and Vedic Surgery

Our science debate resembles a confederation of illiteracies

Jairam Ramesh and the Radiation Threat

Sir, did you know that the book you endorsed was bullshit?

Ayurveda: Hoax or Science?

Can this ancient, hidebound system survive the scrutiny of modern medicine?

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