For over 300 years, scientists have primarily studied bacteria using liquid cultures or flat 2D plates in laboratory settings

Paatal Lok is definitely a must watch show.The credit for its success goes to the writers who enthralled us with their unique characters, but also to the wonderful band of actors who grabbed the opportunity to showcase their frightening raw talent, notes Aseem Chhabra.

'It's a performance that puts the Bachchan hysteria to shame,' observes Sreehari Nair.

American has had only one black president so far. And only one on-screen black superhero as well.Subhash K Jha salutes Chadwick Boseman, who passed into the ages on Friday.

... And sometimes, that's enough, says Sreehari Nair.

We will continue to be enthralled by your golden oldies we grew up with, notes Shreekant Sambrani.

On Kapil Sharma's 41st birthday, Subhash K Jha looks back on the comic's fall and resurrection.

Jaya is a woman of steel in the truest sense of the word.Despite being the first lady of filmdom, she's as real and rooted to the ground as anyone can get, notes Subhash K Jha on the actor-politician's 74th birthday.

'If I don't act for a week I become edgy, restless and moody.'Subhash K Jha salutes Manoj Bajpayee, actor extraordinaire, on his 53rd birthday.

If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.

The composer thanked other artists for the making of the song.

Shah Rukh had outgrown the roles that made him a star -- the menacing, obsessive lover in Darr, the regular guy in Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na or the new age boyfriend in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge.By the time he entered his 50s, he was struggling to find his feet, explains Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

Konkona Sen Sharma's short Mirror in Lust Stories 2 is a rare thing: A feminist film that is also very, very funny, states Sreehari Nair.

Watching Aavesham is like sprinting through the whole history of our mass-masala movies and seeing it in a new light, notes Sreehari Nair.And this, incidentally, is the story of Fahadh Faasil's career too.

Colonial Williamsburg's Michael Monaco performs Peter Pelham's repertoire of 18th century music on the period keyboard instruments of the Governor's Palace.

In October 2010, the hosts of Backstory visited Colonial Williamsburg's Kimball Theatre to perform a live show.

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When Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun won the Nobel Prize last week, 581 clinical trials involving miRNA had been registered in the U.S. alone

This week’s Sci-five quiz is on Ada Lovelace.

Some 77% of the world’s coral reef areas – from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Indian oceans – have so far been subjected to bleaching-level heat stress

A new study challenges the findings of older ones that had concluded the universe had spiral galaxies sooner than expected

Scientists know that while some of these meteorites come from the Moon and Mars, the majority come from asteroid.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have used their positions to prioritise leadership in space but with noticeably different styles and results

Deep Blue Aerospace will put the tickets up for sale on October 24 for a suborbital flight

ISRO says satellite inputs help in better monitoring and mitigation of cyclone threat

Some of the experiments being mooted include how weightlessness can influence muscle loss on those in space, what kind of algae may be suitable as nutrients or to preserve food for longer

One million cases of human leptospirosis are reported every year resulting in an estimated 60,000 deaths

While most vaccines generate memory B-cells, not all of them turn into long-lasting plasma cells, and herein lies the rub

The team of two men and one woman will replace the astronauts who have lived on the Tiangong space station for the last six months, conducting a variety of experiments and maintaining the structure

A new study shows that complex organic molecules (with carbon and hydrogen) likely existed in the cold, dark gas cloud that gave rise to our Solar System.

The mission will simulate life in an interplanetary habitat to tackle the challenges of a base station beyond the earth

Remembering the life and legacy of pioneering physicist Professor Rohini Godbole through the eyes of colleagues and students.

India has 450 companies making components to build and launch satellites, but ISRO’s vision requires new players, young talent, a thriving start-up ecosystem and large-scale investment from government and private sector

At home in the tropical forests of Central and South America, vampire bats feed on various animals, including tapirs, mountain lions, penguins and livestock.

NASA astronauts discuss extended spaceflight, hospitalisation upon return from the International Space Station

While a lightning strike occurs between a cloud and an object on or near the ground, it takes the path of least resistance, which means it moves towards the closest object with the highest electric potential

In a groundbreaking experiment, Saha Institute scientists have built bacterial computers that behave like artificial neural networks

Lady Shri Ram College for Women’s Conflict Transformation and Peace Building course trains students to look at ways in which conflicts can be resolved at various levels.

“I don't agree that technology has created a decline in our critical thinking skills.”

Challenging coding assignments, interesting projects and a happening social life… ALAGIAVANAN SARAVANAN writes about his academic journey at the University of Pennsylvania.

The committee's report, submitted recently to the HRD Ministry, says the UGC has been unable to effectively implement its regulations.

"We are keen on seeing as many spin-out businesses as we can from the programme."

Government Engineering College at Srirangam to have 1,200 students