Albert Einstein

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23 May 2021

Einstein's letter with iconic equation auctioned for $1.2 million

A letter penned by world-famous physicist Albert Einstein containing one of his most famous equations E=mc^2 sold at an auction for over $1.2 million.

28 Jan 2021

Doomsday Clock unmoved by pandemic; reads 100 seconds to midnight

Humankind remains 100 seconds away from Armageddon. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has decided the Doomsday Clock reading shall not be changed this year.

22 Apr 2020

Watch: AI-created Elon Musk Zoom-bombs virtual meeting

You may already know about deepfakes, the AI-generated clips that show one person's face or voice in another person's video.

22 Oct 2019

5 successful people who had dyslexia

Neuroscience studies confirm dyslexia is born out of neurobiological differences in the brain's wiring and structure, and carries a genetic component as well.

12 Sep 2019

Piyush Goyal says Einstein "discovered" gravity. Internet can't stop laughing!

Albert Einstein, the greatest physicist of all time, once said, "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former."

24 Jul 2019

Chewed gum, underwear, breath: Weird celebrities' items sold at auctions

The world is obsessed with celebrities.

14 Mar 2019

Ten years after death, MJ is finally dead to me

Michael Jackson lived for 51 years, he worked for 46 years out of them. Creating soul-touching music, changing lives, inspiring generations. They don't make superstars like him anymore.

07 Mar 2019

5 successful people who had dyslexia

Recently, PM Narendra Modi, while responding to a student's question via video conference at IIT-Roorkee's Smart India Hackathon, made a remark on dyslexia.

21 Jan 2019

Masazo Nonaka, world's oldest man, dies at 113

The world's oldest man- Masazo Nonaka, died on Sunday morning at the age 113 in Hokkaido, Japan.

05 Dec 2018

Einstein's letter on god and religion auctioned for nearly $3mn

A handwritten letter by revered physicist Albert Einstein grappling with the concept of god and religion has shattered expectations at a Christie's auction, selling for a whopping $2.9mn.

09 Nov 2018

Stephen Hawking's wheelchair, thesis sold for over $1mn

On Thursday, the motorised wheelchair used by late British physicist Stephen Hawking sold for $391,740, while his thesis sold for a whopping $761,000.

22 Oct 2018

NASA names constellations after Hulk, Thor's hammer, Godzilla: Details here

If you look at the night sky, you'd probably point out at least a few constellations like The Big Dipper or Orion's belt.

02 Oct 2018

Three scientists win Nobel prize for Physics for laser research

Three scientists, Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Morou, and Donna Strickland, have been awarded this year's Nobel prize in Physics.

17 Aug 2018

This three-year-old has IQ higher than Einstein!

She has an IQ more than Einstein's and thus has been inducted in the high-IQ society Mensa.

27 Jul 2018

Einstein's general theory of relativity passes the blackhole test

Despite being over a 100 years old, Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity has passed yet another test with flying colors.

19 Jun 2018

Einstein's travel diaries reveal racist and xenophobic views

Legendary physicist Albert Einstein, so far, had been known for his humanitarianism, apart from his scientific brilliance.

03 May 2018

IIT-KGP's new course examines ancient India's influence on modern science

Prolific scientist Albert Einstein once said that modern science owes a lot to ancient Indians.

22 Mar 2018

Russian scientists devote newborn black hole to Stephen Hawking

A week after the death of celebrated cosmologist Stephen Hawking, Russian astronomers have dedicated a newborn black hole to the "Lord of Black Holes."

16 Mar 2018

Hawking said Veda's theory superior to Einstein's 'Relativity': Harsh Vardhan

Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan claimed today that renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, who passed away two days ago, had said that the Vedas have a theory superior to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.

27 Jan 2018

This 10-year-old Indian-origin boy is intelligent than Einstein, Stephen Hawking

Mehul Garg, a 10-year-old Indian-origin boy, living in the UK has beaten geniuses like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking by scoring 162 in the Mensa IQ (Intelligence Quotient) test.

15 Jan 2018

NASA captures clearest-ever image of the farthest known galaxy!

NASA has successfully captured a distinct image of the farthest known galaxy in our universe using advanced telescopes and gravitational lens.

24 Oct 2017

Stephen Hawking's 1966 PhD thesis posted online, breaks the internet!

The general public's interest in "Properties of Expanding Universes", the 51-year-old PhD thesis by Stephen Hawking, has crashed Cambridge University's website on the very first day it was made available for free.

17 Oct 2017

Proven: Gold, platinum are created by collisions of dead stars!

In a major development in astronomy, scientists have detected the warping of space caused by collision of dead stars.

03 Oct 2017

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to three US gravitational-wave scientists

The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three US scientists for the discovery of gravitational waves by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.