Sir C V Raman (7 November 1888 – 21 November 1970), the first Asian and non-White person to receive a Nobel Prize in Physics. On February 28, 1928, Sir C.V. Raman demonstrated the Raman ...

Amal Chandra on the centrality of ‘scientific temper’ in free India’s national imagination, and its erosion in present-day ...

Economic man represents a rational actor, aiming to maximize utility and satisfaction. Discover his role and the impact the concept has in economic theories and models.

I am writing in response to “Hopelessly Rational,” who is in love with someone she describes as “not a very logical man to ...

The website Charter97.org discussed these questions with David J. Kramer, Executive Director of the George W. Bush Institute, former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and ...

Understanding how your mind actually works and thinks through problems reveals why you excel in some areas and struggle in ...

The ruthlessness with which the powers to be have crushed protests over the past two months does not suggest that compromise is high on its “to do” list.The post US ...

So: is the game up? Looking at the former Prince Andrew’s slumped posture, corpse-grey face and thousand-yard stare in the snatched ...

KATIE Price recently tied the knot with ‘con artist’ businessman Lee Andrews just days after they met – marking her fourth ...

A recent study performed on chimpanzees demonstrates that chimpanzees possess cognitive flexibility similar to that of humans. When circumstances or evidence change, chimps appear to do the thing ...

Soumaya Keynes We’ve all heard of nudge. It’s the idea that by changing the default option, by doing one little tweak, policymakers can nudge individuals towards making better choices. By exploiting ...

When it comes to the environmental impacts of AI, should big tech firms or enterprises, and their IT departments, be expected to “do their bit” to limit the potential environmental fallout of the ...