Month: January 2016

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Remembering Rajni Kothari and His Wisdom on Things Political

Kian Tajbakhsh 22/01/2016

I met Rajni Kothari – who passed away one...

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The 22 Million Digit Number and the Amazing Math Behind Primes

Steve Humble MBE 22/01/2016

Mathematicians have been searching for patterns in prime numbers...

This artistic rendering shows the distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. The planet is thought to be gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Hypothetical lightning lights up the night side. Caption & image credit: Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Caltech Astronomers Build Evidence for a Ninth Planet Beyond Pluto

The Wire Staff 20/01/2016

The supposed body, temporarily dubbed Planet Nine, could exist...

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The Two Trials of Adlène Hicheur, Scientist, Muslim, Forever Suspect

Shobhan Saxena and Florencia Costa 20/01/2016

A brilliant scientist from CERN, accused of association with...

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Crosstalk: When an Apple Fell on Newton’s Head, and Stories on the Process of Discovery

Sunil Laxman 20/01/2016

A discovery is made only when the appropriate tools...

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India’s Only Hope of Squaring the Climate Change Circle is to Step on the Gas

Sudha Mahalingam 19/01/2016

If India has to depend on fossil fuels for...

A Japanese fish found in Washington after hitching a ride in a boat sent across the Pacific Ocean by the 2011 tsunami. Allen Pleus (author provided)

How the Japanese Tsunami Sent Marine Invaders Across the Ocean – and Why You Should Be Worried

Emma Johnston and Jim Carlton 19/01/2016

The societal, economic and ecological disasters of marine bioinvasions...