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Shri C.V. Raman: The Indian physicist behind the field of light scattering. C.V. Raman was the first person from Asia to be awarded the Nobel Prize. Know more about his life in this article.

Who was Michael Faraday, one of the most outstanding scientists in the world of science, whose inventions made Newton, Maxwell, and Einstein so great?

Brain in a vat, a thought experiment in which a brain is connected to a supercomputer, and the computer builds an imaginary environment that appears natural and real to the trapped brain.

Biography of Alessandro Volta. Physicist and chemist who is credited as inventing the electrical battery and the finder of methane.

Completely formed brain that emerges from exceedingly uncommon random fluctuations out of thermodynamic equilibrium, complete with memories of fully human life in our universe. Learn more

Paganism is rising again, not as religion, but as a response to modern emptiness. What this return reveals about belief, meaning, and today’s world.

Thomas Young Biography, a British polymath and physician, better known as "The Last Man Who Knew Everything". Learn more about him.

Most Fascinating Pictures of an Inventor and a Scientist who was a Pioneer in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, as well as a great Futurist.

Read the full biography of Charles Augustin de Coulomb, a French physicist known for discoveries such as Coulomb's Law, electrostatic force of attraction, and repulsion.

An astrophysicist and a research assistant Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Who Discovered Pulsars know about her awards and honors.

Life, works, and enduring legacy of Adolf Bastian who stands as great figure in the field of anthropology and ethnology.

A severe environmental disaster and a period of prolonged air pollution swallowed up the city, causing widespread illness and death.