Cracks in the code

India, Feb. 15 -- We're going to bet you didn't know that. Let's take that last one first. The fictional, monastic Jedi order that drives so much of the action in George Lucas's Star Wars films, he ha... Read More

In photos: Artefacts from a show on 1,000 years of samurai history

India, Feb. 14 -- At their peak, in the 17th and 18th centuries, there were an estimated 1 million to 3 million samurai. These ranged from the shogun or military ruler and his generals to feudal lords... Read More

In photos: Artefacts from 1,000 years of samurai history

India, Feb. 14 -- At their peak, in the 17th and 18th centuries, there were an estimated 1 million to 3 million samurai. These ranged from the shogun or military ruler and his generals to feudal lords... Read More

Cracks in the code : How much do we really know about the samurai?

India, Feb. 14 -- We're going to bet you didn't know that. - about half of Japan's samurai were, at one point, women. - a number were Christian. - none were really honour-bound. - there's a strong... Read More

Party of one: A new anthology explores the many shapes of solitude

India, Feb. 6 -- Growing up the only child of a single parent in Udaipur, Priyanka Sarkar remembers playing games she made up herself. As a young adult, she says, a "quiet ache" of isolation hovered a... Read More

Skilled bills, vampire diets, an invisible compass

India, Feb. 1 -- Abody that flies can only accommodate so much weight and muscle; paws have to be sacrificed for wings. So how to carry things, access food, or simply make it through the winter? Take ... Read More

Eyes on the sky: A new frontier

India, Feb. 1 -- W e've studied birds for centuries, but few have focused on skies as a habitat, and even those have done so sporadically (during storms or in the aftermath of volcanoes, for instance)... Read More

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India, Feb. 1 -- If we could wander through a Jurassic Age forest from 160 million years ago, at least a few species would seem oddly familiar (and no, not from the movies). Amid the strange undergrow... Read More

Claws for applause: See how birds are helping us improve cameras, drones, dyes

India, Jan. 31 -- Enhanced navigation, smarter drones, more-versatile cameras and the blackest black fabric. there's a lot we're still learning from birds. Here are three intriguing research projects ... Read More

Eyes on the sky: Studying birds? We must also study the sky, says founder of 'aeroecology'

India, Jan. 31 -- We've studied birds for centuries, but few have focused on skies as a habitat, and even those have done so sporadically (during storms or in the aftermath of volcanoes, for instance)... Read More

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