Ahead of Durga Puja, the Kolkata-born scientist reflects on the festival’s cultural significance, challenges quantum ...

Tired from the journey and unsure about unfamiliar dishes, the 34-year-old Indian traveller ordered a meal she knew well.

Time travel has fascinated science-fiction writers for generations, but could it ever actually be possible? Physicists broadly agree that travelling forwards in time is achievable, but travelling to ...

A brief look at the science behind time travel and what researchers think may be possible.

On Earth, most of us rarely have to think about the signals that keep our internal clocks aligned. The sun rises, daylight ...

Spaceflight may dramatically change the gut within weeks, causing bacteria to break down more protein as food moves more ...

One of the most memorable elements of the "Dune" saga are the giant sandworms of the planet Arrakis, whose history is long, rich, and bizarre.

Scientists can’t prove time travel is possible, but they are testing its core principles using quantum and mathematical experiments. These involve entanglement, closed timelike curves, and ...

If there’s one thing sci-fi time-travel movies can get wrong, it’s making the plot way too complicated with paradoxes, alternate timelines, new rules here and there, and overly complex explanations.

However, there are a select few movies that actually do make some scientific sense, where the writers either meticulously researched the laws of quantum physics for their story, or they started with ...