NASA Probes Giant Magnetic Explosions Around Earth

The interplay of these electrically charged particles creates what is considered to be a fourth state of matter called plasma. Plasma, which makes up 99 percent of the visi...

Enlivening Shows & Sessions At Thespo 17 Leaves The Audience Wanting For More!

Gulzar At Film Festival For Differently Abled: I Feel Handicapped In Comparison

There were many father-daughter emotional moments at the opening ceremony of the International Film Festival For Persons With Disabilities. Meghna ka kaam dekh ta...

Retroscope - A Veritable Carnival

The 19th edition of CFSI’s festival turned out to be a veritable carnival, a feast of colourful sights and sounds.
Had I not gone, I would have missed the robust...

Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival Winners And Disappointments

When festival director Tine Fischer started CPH: DOX 13 years ago, her mission was to “take documentary into as many directions as possible.” This meant the cre...

Durga Puja Special

For many years now I have enjoyed Puja in Bombay, the city of our adoption like thousands of probasi Bengalis. The Bengali community was once close, everyone knew ...

Uber Invited 'Mr. Robot' Star Rami Malek To Teach Its Staff About Cybersecurity

In the last year only, Uber admitted suffering a data breach potentially affecting 50,000 drivers, accidentally left a lost and found database public, saw multiple cases of...

This Dazzling Aurora Will Help Narrow Down The Search For Alien Life

Auroras are among the most captivating phenomena on Earth, brightening polar skies with undulating ribbons of glowing charged particles. These eerie light shows have also b...

Smart, Self-Destructing Syringes Could Save Millions Of Lives

In December 2014, Yem Chrin, an unlicensed Cambodian doctor, was charged with murder. By reusing the same syringe, he had infected over 270 people in a remote community in ...