A walk down the lesser-known back lanes unfolds the city that finds favour in the writings of the bestselling author. read more

Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Yann LeCun tapped into their own brainpower to make it possible for machines to learn like humans, a breakthrough now commonly known as “artificial intelligence,” or AI. read more

National Science Day is observed every year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist Sir CV Raman on February 28, 1928. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 read more

With bracing honesty, it traces a crisis unfolding in the life of a seemingly happy couple as the husband gets set to win a Nobel prize for literature. read more

Understanding from early experiences, the SBM practised “nudging” at a scale unprecedented in the world: 550 million people practising open defecation in rural India were to be nudged into changing their behaviour to using the toilets provided under... read more

The decision of the Nobel Prize committee to recognise William Nordhaus is welcome since it focuses attention on practical solutions to global warming read more

Born in 1964 in Delhi, Sir Rabinder’s parents came to Britain with little more than the contents of their suitcases. read more

The three 2018 Nobel Prizes for women should serve as a reminder that it is not just a lack of women at the top that keeps them off the recognition charts, but the inability of society to see their achievements for what they are. read more

The IPCC report’s findings can be used to find fault with William Nordhaus’s body of work read more

Nordhaus and Romer have designed methods that address long-term sustainable growth in the global economy and the welfare of the world’s population. read more

The committee received nominations for 216 individuals and 115 organizations. Among those put forward this year were the Syrian civilian aid group White Helmets, Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper, Edward Snowden and the UN High Commissioner for Refug... read more

This year’s Chemistry Nobel Prize has been awarded in one part to Frances H Arnold and the other half jointly to George P Smith and Sir Gregory P Winter. read more

Donna Strickland, of the University of Waterloo, is the first female Nobel laureate in any field in three years. read more

American, Canadian, French scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize “for groundbreaking inventions” that “revolutionised laser physics”. read more

Jean-Claude Arnault, a major cultural figure in Sweden, had faced two counts of rape of a woman seven years ago. read more