Inside the beautiful and weird world of science

Incredible images depicting the scientific world give a beautiful insight into the academic world.  A shortlist of images from the Royal Photographic Society's science photographer of the year......

'Imagine the signal India would send if it joined the coalition to confront ISIS'

'The US wants Modi to succeed because we want India to succeed. For our part, when India thinks of its partners in the world, we want it to think of the US first. That means positioning our country......

The tripolar world that Modi should plan for

'India should think big: About how in a multi-polar world, India can indeed be one of the poles, rather than being a secondary power that has to worry about 'alignment' with one of the poles. A G3......