But there are friends and then there are really good friends. And for that, you only have about five people. Expand the ...

Before Assam united in grief over the death of singer Zubeen Garg, its political discourse had reached a nadir of sorts in communal polarisation. The Assam unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) put ...

A South African pastor's apocalyptic prophecy has sparked widespread panic—and ridicule—across social media, as some Christians brace for the Rapture to take place today. The viral claim by Joshua ...

On Tuesday afternoon, Nepalese Prime Minister KP Oli tendered his resignation even as violent protests continued. What exactly is happening in Nepal? Nepal is in chaos after two days of 'Gen Z ...

Quantum entanglement is incredibly difficult to understand, even scientists, but a new study shows it follows the same basic playbook no matter how many dimensions you consider. The authors used a ...

Diophantus, who likely inherited foundational ideas from Thymaridas of Paros, laid fundamental work for algebra by exploring solutions to linear equations that later influenced modern mathematics.

Although these days we get to tap into many sources of entropy to give a pretty good illusion of randomness, home computers back in the 1980s weren’t so lucky. Despite this, their random number ...

The Langlands program has inspired and befuddled mathematicians for more than 50 years. A major advance has now opened up new worlds for them to explore One of the biggest stories in science is ...

Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a model for understanding the motivations for human behavior. These include physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. The ...