Month: July 2015

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Court Ruling on Abortion for Rape Survivor is Reminder of Need to Amend the Law

Aarti Dhar 31/07/2015

Amendments to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act have...

The building blocks of life are lurking on the dark and barren surface of Comet 67P. Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, CC BY-SA

Building Blocks of Life Found Among Organic Compounds on Comet 67P: What it Means

Monica Grady 31/07/2015

One of the declared goals of the Rosetta mission...

Science sometimes means juggling cheetah poop. Source: @AnneWHilborn

#fieldworkfail, an Endearing Chronicle of Scientists in Their Natural Environment

The Wire Staff 31/07/2015

#fieldworkfail is in retrospect #fieldworkwin, depicting scientists in their...

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Tea Gardens in the East Are Brewing Starvation, Malnutrition

Mohuya Chaudhuri 30/07/2015

In a country where tea is an extremely popular...

The 29-cent Pluto 'Not Yet Explored' U.S. stamp. Source: USPS/collectSPACE

Listen: The Journey to Pluto Began Because Scientists Disagreed With a Postage Stamp

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 29/07/2015

The story of a 29-cent US Postal Service stamp...

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar. Source: YouTube Screengrab

Centre Bypasses Law to Restart Work on Polavaram Project

Nitin Sethi and Subhayan Chakraborty, Business Standard 28/07/2015

Chhattisgarh and Odisha were kept in the dark, statutory...

Outside Charleston Church, after the Dylann Roof shooting. Credit: UCCCOGS

How the Legacy of Slavery Affects the Mental Health of Black Americans Today

Alma Carten 27/07/2015

As the US faces what would appear to be...