Month: September 2015

Instruments of the ASTROSAT being inspected at the ISRO Satellite Centre. Credit: ISRO

India to Put its First Dedicated Astronomical Telescope in Space

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/09/2015

Eleven years after the project was first okayed, the...

The 2012 IgNobel Prize. Source: UCSB

From Unboiling Eggs to the Effects of Kissing, Rewards for Good Ol’ Curiosity

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/09/2015

The IgNobel Prizes are known for juxtaposing meticulously conducted...

Radha Mohan Singh. Source: bjp.org

Impoverishing Science by its Association with Divisive Social Issues

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/09/2015

Pseudoscience is used to distract from matters in which...

A male Aedes aegypti (left), and a female (centre and right). Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Why Delhi Needs to Say ‘Not in My Backyard’ to Dengue

Deepak Natarajan 18/09/2015

We are sitting ducks against a virus that has...

A UK Aid worker inspecting a collapsed structure in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake in early 2015. Credit: dfid/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Lessons to India From Chile: ‘Buildings Kill People, Not Earthquakes ‘

Shobhan Saxena 18/09/2015

In the subcontinent, a quake of the intensity that...

The Mediterranean Sea. Credit: Ittiz / wiki, CC BY

Atlantropa: the Colossal 1920s Plan to Dam the Mediterranean and Create a Supercontinent

Ricarda Vidal 18/09/2015

Dams across the Strait of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, and...

A boy transports his sheep on a banana raft in the flood-affected Morigaon district of Assam. Credit: EPA/STR

Assam Can Recover From Devastating Floods – if the Government Gets its Act Together

Sneha Krishnan 17/09/2015

Heavy flooding has affected more than a million people...