Vasudevan Mukunth

Sometimes a scientific study comes along that reminds us not all the natural mysteries of this world demand highly specialised knowledge or million-dollar experiments to solve.

Daily Quiz: On Zyklon B

In space missions from the earth to another planetary body, planetary protection is the idea that it's important to preserve the biospheres of the earth and the body against contamination by ‘alien' microbial life.

Deepavali is the festival of lights but it has become synonymous with loud firecrackers — and it's a month and a half away.

You're likely to have heard about the butterfly effect and just as likely to have heard the example of a butterfly flapping its wings in one place and causing a tornado thousands of kilometres away.

Russian-American mathematician and Wolf Prize laureate Yakov Eliashberg delivered a public talk at IIT Madras on Thursday, as part of the inaugural annual TNQ Distinguished Lecture in Mathematics.

The story so far: Since September 21, a dispute between Matt Mullenweg, the technologist at the centre of the WordPress community , and a company

Gold is a precious metal famed for its use in jewellery and as a form of investment. Its atomic number is 79 and its Latin name is ‘aurum', thus its symbol on the periodic table, Au.

Learn how the Monte Carlo method uses random sampling to estimate distributions in various fields efficiently.