Caste remains a decisive electoral force in Tamil Nadu, with blocs like Vanniyars, Thevars, Gounders, and Dalits shaping outcomes due to their numerical strength and regional concentration. Parties ...

Axiom Math is giving away a powerful new AI tool. But it remains to be seen if it speeds up research as much as the company hopes. Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. In 1997, Deep Blue, a supercomputer built by IBM, did the unexpected: it defeated chess ...

Working in secret for more than two years, a group of mathematicians has set out to resolve of the longest and most bitter ...

Tamil television actor and social media personality Balaji Mathuranayagam has delighted fans by sharing a behind-the-scenes (BTS) video from the sets of the popular serial Sakthivel. The actor plays ...

Microplastics, especially nylon fibres, seem to be present rather sparsely in Chennai’s beach sediments but could still wreak long-term ecological damage, new research has cautioned. A study by ...

In West Bengal, switching political parties can be a ticket to the state Assembly. In Tamil Nadu, however, things are different. Defections rarely translate into electoral wins. An analysis of the ...

While most youth around the world are happier today than they were 20 years ago, it’s not true for the United States, other English-speaking countries and parts of Western Europe. That’s according to ...

This page has been put together to help you practise and revisit some of the brilliant skills you’ve learned all through primary school. It’s a great way to boost your confidence in Maths and get you ...

In 1869 an innovative new material was created: plastic. Initially envisioned as a substitute for ivory in making billiard balls, the versatility of this new material has seen it applied to almost ...

Since launching his war against Iran three weeks ago, few topics have gripped the national conversation like the fast-rising price of gas. Between the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the attacks ...

This page has been put together to help you practise and revisit some of the brilliant skills you’ve learned all through primary school. It’s a great way to boost your confidence in Maths and get you ...