Month: July 2015

Is the M5 cluster of stars really out there? Credit: HST, ESA, NASA

Of Small Steps and Giant Leaps of Collective Imagination

Vasudevan Mukunth 16/07/2015

The farther our gaze strays from home, the more...

At a meeting in Himmatsar panchayat, Nokha Block to spread the sanitation meeting in 2013. Himmatsar became one of the earliest ODF panchayats after this meeting.

Debate: The Sanitation and Ghoonghat Campaign Actually Empowers Women

Arti Dogra 16/07/2015

Construction of toilets in rural Rajasthan has changed the...

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Battle Lines Shift in Debate Over Injectable Contraceptives in Public Health System

Aarti Dhar 16/07/2015

Sharp divisions between women’s groups are obvious but more...

Credit: CERN/LHCb Collaboration

Physicists Find Exotic Particle With Five Quarks

Vasudevan Mukunth 14/07/2015

The observations are sufficiently reliable and make for a...

A mine shaft at the Kola Gold Fields. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Listen: Unlocking the Universe’s Mysteries with Neutrinos

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 14/07/2015

India is poised to help physicists achieve a clearer...

An artist's impression of New Horizons flying by Pluton, with Charon visible in the background. Credit: SwRI/NASA

What You Need to Know About the Pluto Flyby

Vasudevan Mukunth 14/07/2015

The flyby will last a day but all the...

Women at a conference. Credit: womendeliver/Flickr, CC BY 2.0.

Women in Science – Some Global Perspectives

Harini Barath 13/07/2015

Networks and mentors go a long way in working...