Two new papers, published in the journal Nature, by scientists from Russia and Ukraine, further solidify this claim about the origin of the Indo-European family of languages that include Sanskrit, ...

When English leaders began fretting about coal, the late-20-something Jevons decided he wanted to address their concerns. And ...

The planned $4 billion cut for funding for scientific inquiry to the nation’s universities and academic medical institutions ...

He demonstrated that fascism had its own intellectual roots and showed how ideas, theories and an antisemitic “ethos” ...

A trained pharmaceutical chemist, Lilly was an archetype of the dynamic and multi-talented 19th century American industrialist ... in collaboration with the scientists at Eli Lilly that they ...

It took more than 50 years for Marthe Gautier to set the record straight about her discovery of the genetic cause of Down ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

Graham’s MAGA God might be unrecognizable to tens of millions of Americans, but a new poll released today by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute shows that two thirds (67 percent) of ...

And explore how a surprising mix of colonialism, 19th-century science and consumerism led to the transportation, extraction and reinvention of the kola nut. Yaw Afrim Gyebi explores the physical ...