Vinesh Phogat versus the perplexing biochemistry of losing weight

On August 7, Vinesh Phogat was set to become the first Indian woman to compete in a wrestling finals...

Behind India’s record performance at International Math Olympiad 2024

Mathematics always interested 18-year-old Ananda Bhaduri. Growing up in Guwahati, he spent his forma...

Earthquake 2,500 years ago abruptly changed Ganga river’s course

In 2018, geochronologist Elizabeth Chamberlain, an assistant professor at the Wageningen University ...

Drug used to treat clots can protect against cobra venom damage

Orange-red in colour and native to Tanzania, the Naja pallida — the red spitting cobra — is a formid...

Could the key to how good we are at maths be hidden in our brains?

In a scene from The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015), a biopic of the mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan,...

General, central obesities linked to higher risk of colorectal cancer

Obesity rates are rising worldwide. In India, a 2022 study in The Lancet estimated the percentage of...

A mouth bacteria has starring role in colorectal cancer, study finds

The bacteria known as Fusobacterium nucleatum live in the human mouth and are rarely found elsewhere...