Readers write in from Bangalore, Calcutta, Gurgaon and Hooghly...

Context shapes even the most brilliant of minds...

Nasa has built a telescope for the world...

Scientists are preparing to redefine the second, making the fundamental unit of time more precise and powerful this June...

Image shows a lumpy doughnut of radio emission framing an empty space as dark and silent as death itself...

December is the perfect month to reset the clock...

It is difficult to study einsteinium because not only is it not found in nature but it also decomposes fast. Now, a few of its secrets have been unlocked...

History has been witness to the transition of academics into activists with varying degrees of success; Tagore made this transition, so did Einstein...

The process goes on, destruction followed by creation, from one aeon to another, with no beginning or end...

Despite their simplicity, their choice of dress reflects they were/are connoisseurs of style...