Aviation, rail, ships, currency, archaeology—Kolkata has museums dedicated to all of these. There are even multiple museums on science. The only thing missing was a space museum. That gap, too, has now been filled—not just for Kolkata, but for the entire country. The museum has been
Behind Penrose’s Nobel-winning theory, is a Bengali genius whose work is still a silent conquest of history
In the year of 2020, Bengal received a news that Roger Penrose had won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on black holes. The world praised him.But very few know that his theory stood on the work of a Bengali scientist—Amal Raychaudhuri. Amal Raychaudhuri
The sky has always called to a few restless souls—and Suman Dutta is one of them. While others saw boardrooms and spreadsheets, he saw galaxies and comets; while others chased deadlines, he chased the light of distant stars. Swapping the hum of corporate life for the quiet of open
The majestic capital of Rajasthan, Jaipur, is the gateway to India’s most flamboyant state. The historical city’s colourful, chaotic streets ebb and flow with a heady brew of old and new. Swanky four wheelers and packed buses dodge dawdling camels, leisurely cycle-rickshaws frustrate stream of motorbikes,
Remember India’s historic Chandrayaan 2 mission in 2019, the first-ever attempt to land a robotic lander on the moon’s south pole? It was a daring project targeting a region full of craters and rugged terrain—one few countries had dared to explore. Though the lander couldn’t make a
He was probably the man who made the West aware of the world-class science talent pool that India harboured down generations and how their brilliance added and could add more to the scientific inventions. An exceptionally brilliant mind, a scientist and academician, Satyendranath Bose was
In a breakthrough supported by Artificial Intelligence, international scientists have recently confirmed that plants produce sounds—inaudible to the human ear—validating research first proposed by Jagadish Chandra Bose over a century ago. The researchers at the Tel Aviv University of Israel thanked Bose’s research and acknowledged him 100
Currently, France is hosting the XXXIII edition of the Summer Olympics, officially branded as Paris 2024, from July 24 to August 11, 2024. Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924, Paris becomes the second city ever to host the Summer Olympics three times (after London, which
When we talk of women empowerment in modern India, we often fail to take names of so many women scientists who made us proud decades ago, when women were hardly even allowed to study beyond a certain point. These were the very women who set