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Isaac Newton's chilling letter predicts when the world will end
Here's when the world will end, according to Isaac Newton's letter from over 300 years ago
Updated on Feb 16, 2025 12:29 PM IST
Arya Vaishnavi
Nobel Prizes and Covid-19: Slow, basic science may pay off
Slow and steady success in science has made researchers hopeful in the fight against the pandemic. It even offers a glimmer of climate optimism.
Published on Oct 03, 2020 03:48 PM IST
Associated Press | Posted by Arpan Rai
200 stolen books, including by Newton and Galileo, recovered in Romania
The nearly 200 ‘irreplaceable’ books were stolen by a Romanian gang in a sophisticated burglary in west London in January 2017.
Published on Sep 18, 2020 05:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar
Isaac Newton: One of the greatest scientific geniuses
This extraordinary man and leading figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution wrote Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, the most influential book on Physics. Newton and Albert Einstein are considered the greatest physicists of all time.
Updated on Sep 07, 2020 04:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Creativity in the times of coronavirus: Here’s how creative outlets helped Shakespeare, Newton and now, you, amid pandemic
Amid quarantine and the coronavirus pandemic, we may be struggling to get out of bed, and relive the same day, over and over again, but it won’t hurt to get the creative juices flowing, especially for your physical and mental health. Read on about how creativity helped Shakespeare, and can benefit you too.
Updated on Jul 29, 2020 10:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Naisha Bansal | Edited by: Alfea Jamal
When self-isolation led to great works of science and literature
Isaac Newton (Trinity College): Considered Trinity’s most accomplished alumni, he exemplified productivity during a pandemic.
Updated on May 03, 2020 02:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar, London
When lockdowns led Newton, Darwin, Milton to new highs
It was not called ‘lockdown’ in their time, but Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, John Milton and Lord Byron spent long spells in isolation, when medicine was not as developed as now.
Updated on May 02, 2020 06:10 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Life Hacks: Seeking beauty in the monotony of the lockdown effect
Because we’re fed on clichés such as ‘Strive to make every day a masterpiece’, it is inevitable that most of us feel despondent at times like these. Despite starting out with the best intentions, our days become monotonous because we’re locked down.
Updated on Apr 20, 2020 09:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Charles Assisi
The holy grail of modern physics rediscovered in a library in Corsica
The Latin text, “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica” (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) was first published by Newton in 1687.
Updated on Mar 06, 2020 02:44 AM IST
Ajaccio, France | Press Trust of India
Einstein, Newton didn’t have access to fancy schools: CBSE secretary
Anurag Tripathi on Saturday said eminent scientists like Albert Einstein, Thomas Alva Edison and Isaac Newton did not have access to fancy schools.
Published on Oct 14, 2019 03:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Rajeev Mullick
Piyush Goyal’s ‘Einstein discovered gravity’ gaffe sets Twitter abuzz
The slip up involving Einstein and gravity by Union minister Piyush Goyal didn’t go unnoticed and led to massive trolling on social media.
Updated on Sep 12, 2019 07:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
On ‘Einstein discovered gravity’ gaffe, Piyush Goyal issues clarification
Piyush Goyal’s slip up was not lost on the netizens who quickly took to Twitter to point out that gravity was discovered by Isaac Newton and Einstein is credited for his theory of relativity.
Updated on Sep 12, 2019 09:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘Blue sky thinking and Matsyanyaya’: Things to take note of in Economic Survey
The survey, tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, opens with acknowledgements by Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) Krishnamurthy V. Subramanian who apart from thanking officials also expresses gratitude to their families.
Updated on Jul 04, 2019 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Rename gravitational waves as Modi waves, says speaker at Science Congress
Dr Kannan Jagathala Krishnan said if his theory is accepted, gravitational waves would be referred to as ‘Narendra Modi Waves’.
Updated on Jan 05, 2019 11:57 PM IST
Jalandhar | Anonna Dutt
Newton’s apple tree, that inspired the theory of gravity, may find root in India
People have tried growing apple trees far and wide from the temperate, shady garden in Newton’s home in Lincolnshire, England. One such effort was made in India in 1997 by the director of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics in Pune.
Updated on Jul 15, 2018 01:05 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Donation from Stephen Hawking’s family pays for homeless meals
“Today’s lunch is a gift from Stephen. From the Hawking family.”
Updated on Apr 03, 2018 07:00 PM IST
Press Trust of India, London | Press Trust of India
Family, friends bid farewell to Stephen Hawking at private funeral service in Cambridge
The service was open to around 500 guests who knew Stephen Hawking. A wider audience will attend a thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey in London on June 15, when his remains will be buried near the grave of Isaac Newton.
Updated on Apr 01, 2018 08:45 AM IST
Agence France-Presse, Cambridge | Agence France-Presse