science

Over the Horizon

Madhavankutty Pillai

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

Shiv Visvanathan

Our science debate resembles a confederation of illiteracies

Jairam Ramesh and the Radiation Threat

Siddhartha Gupta

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

Ayurveda: Hoax or Science?

Priyanka Pulla

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

A renowned algebraic number theorist who plays the tabla, a biologist trying to unravel the mysteries of the human cell, a scientist who can transform the industrial-scale production of plastic materials, and another who is working on a cancer screener that can be used at home—all of them Indians at the cutting edge of science and technology who were awarded the Infosys Prize 2012