Month: January 2016

Civil defence volunteers holding a placard as traffic policeman takes protection against pollution in New Delhi. Credit: PTI

Delhi Air Quality Worsens 50% One Week Into Odd-Even

IndiaSpend Team 08/01/2016

Additional factors, such as temperature, wind-speed and increased moisture,...

Rescuers shifting patients from a flooded hospital after heavy rains in Chennai on Tuesday. Credit: PTI

Be Warned, Urban Floods are Here to Stay

Krishna S. Vatsa 08/01/2016

Chennai is only the latest example of demographic and...

University of Mysuru. Source: UoM

Not a Congress But a Big Fat Indian Science Wedding

Binay Panda 08/01/2016

The congress was a gathering of a lot of...

A mockup of 'Fat Man', the bomb that blew up over Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. Credit: euthman/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What Makes a Hydrogen Bomb So Deadly and Why North Korea Says it Has One

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/01/2016

Part of the scepticism directed at North Korea has...

A brown tree snake climbs up a pole with pegs. Credit: Bruce Jayne

How do Snakes Climb Without Limbs?

Janaki Lenin 07/01/2016

When going up trees, snakes use a type of...

Source: Suvasini Ramaswamy

What a Glass Menagerie in Harvard Tells Us About the Art of Science

Suvasini Ramaswamy 07/01/2016

Beyond offering insights into the history of science and...

An infant receiving an oral polio vaccine. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Disease That Could Render the Oral Polio Vaccine Ineffective

Nandita Jayaraj 06/01/2016

A tough-to detect and alarmingly common intestinal disease may...