The Supreme Court banned NCERT’s Class 8 Social Science book over a “judicial corruption” chapter and issued contempt notices. Here’s what happened ...

Medieval warfare was not always divided strictly along religious lines. Christian soldiers sometimes fought in the service of Muslim rulers, driven by pay, politics, or survival. This animated history ...

The Supreme Court’s ban on Class 8 NCERT book carrying a chapter on judicial corruption protected the judiciary’s dignity from unwarranted attacks in young minds, CPI(M) leader John Brittas said on ...

Alchemy in Byzantine times was a long intellectual tradition blending Ancient Greek science, Egyptian symbolism, and ...

What makes the following universities remarkable is not just their age, but their continuity. Wars, revolutions, plagues and political upheavals reshaped them, yet they survived. Some helped define ...

For Donald Trump, it is always 1979. That was the year he realised America was not up to the challenge of defending itself.

For a long time, we've been sold the idea that Genghis Khan, the 13th century founder of the Mongol Empire, was so phenomenally prolific that one in 200 men alive today carries his exact Y chromosome.

Nine members of the faculty have received promotions, including seven tenure awards, effective Feb. 6. The promotions were ...

From ancient linen barriers to industrial rubber, the history of condoms traces how epidemics, morality, science, and social changes have shaped modern contraception.

Because the Moon appears slightly smaller in the sky at that moment, it does not block all of the Sun’s light. Instead, a ...

From a futuristic sci-fi attraction in Los Angeles to a dramatic monument to a millennia-old Aboriginal civilisation, these ...

Don't be surprised if you come across someone who is particularly disgusted by the smell of bacon. There is a scientific explanation behind it.