The serious issue of water scarcity has often been side-lined owing to massive industrialisation and “corporate greed”. While we destroy the apparently “indestructible” water resources, Koli Mitra wonders about the future of such an endeavour … Maybe someday humans will
This morning has been a stupendous success story for ISRO, as Mangalyaan, its maiden Mars mission entered the orbit of the Red Planet. Pratiti Ganatra takes a look at the five reasons why Mangalyaan was the cheapest Mars mission ever. The
The ‘selfie’ knows no geographical boundaries and from time immemorial, people have loved taking pictures of themselves. Nidhi Dugar Kundalia and Rajan Ghosh have gathered the data, crunched the numbers of those vanity mugshots from oblique angles, to create a
Mathematician Marcus du Sautoy was in search of the best language(s) to learn in order to pursue a career in espionage; it led him to the one language to unlock the greatest mysteries any spy could imagine: the mysteries of
Another scientific breakthrough has yet to bridge the divide between science and ethics. Koli Mitra walks the tightrope. When Star Trek’s Doctor Crusher needed a new body part for a patient – perhaps someone who lost a limb while repairing the
Saswat Pattanayak examines the implications of entrusting secretive, unaccountable and all-pervasive corporate monopolies with decisions about the most profound questions of human life and health As privatised healthcare gets to be seen more as a consensus than a contested
India’s mission to Mars should be celebrated, because peaceful scientific achievements and investments in knowledge can bring with them the grand promise of a deepened perspective on life and the universe, if not a materially better life for more people here on
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There’s a TV commercial that shows a mountain-climber scaling a tall, steep crag when she stops to make a phone call and check in with her broker, while casually dangling in the sky by her rappelling gear. It’s a delightfully
Imagine floating around cramped quarters surrounded by wires and whirring machinery for months, with companions you cannot walk out on over disagreements, constantly breathing recycled air, eating packaged food, exercising hours daily to prevent muscle atrophy and drinking water recycled