BITSILICA: Chipping into the future
In an industry where a single silicon error can cost years of work and millions of dollars, building a chip-design firm from the ground…
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Why is Maharashtra experiencing an earthquake swarm? | Explained
There has been a spate of small earthquakes in Maharashtra over the last fortnight; seismologists call this pattern of quakes an earthquake swarm, and…
Deepak Dhar: Making sense of the unpredictable
From working with Richard Feynman at Caltech to recently winning the Dirac Medal, theoretical physicist Deepak Dhar in conversation with TNIE’s Tamreen Sultana shares…
What is NASA’s Moon Base programme and why does it want India…
NASA is looking to establish an ambitious lunar outpost programme, a first of its kind in the world where humans (astronauts) will make the…
How Kamala Bhagvat defied bias to make history
Kamala Bhagvat, born in 1911, had already learnt that brilliance alone could not guarantee a place in science. In 1933, after topping Bombay University’s…
Study reveals the building blocks of birdsong
Birdsong can seem almost limitless: one species whistles, another rattles, another races through a rapid sequence of notes. Yet beneath this extraordinary variety lies…