Year: 2016

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How 2016 Heralded a New Kind of Race Into the Final Frontier

Narayan Prasad 31/12/2016

This time, it’s not one country against another as...

Bandipur Forest, Karnataka, a sanctuary for a small group of tigers. Credit: vijaysawant/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

India’s Environmental 2016 Made it Very Difficult to Find a Silver Lining – But There’s One

Neha Sinha 31/12/2016

After years of being labelled as ‘obstructionist’, India has...

The PSLV C36 in the vehicle assembly building, Sriharikota. Credit: ISRO

Watch: How ISRO Gave Us a High in 2016

The Wire Staff 31/12/2016

The year 2016 was a big one for ISRO....

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Why Independent Media is Essential to Good Science Journalism

Vasudevan Mukunth 30/12/2016

The ideal of 'speaking truth to power' that sections...

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Why the Supreme Court’s Direction on Delhi’s Airpocalypse Will Likely Fail

Dharmesh Shah and Shweta Narayan 30/12/2016

In 2013-2014, the CPCB spent a mere Rs 8.14...

An illustration of the Ganges river dolphin from 1894. Credit: pd-old/Wikimedia Commons

How Irrigation and Fishing Pushed Dolphins in Nepal Into an Ecological Trap

Vrushal Pendharkar 30/12/2016

Nepal can ill-afford further decline in what is an...

The Threat of New Strains of Tuberculosis

Drew Smith 29/12/2016

Diseases shape entire societies and cultures. A disease can...