Month: February 2016

T. gondii tissue cyst in a mouse brain; individual bradyzoites can be seen within. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

A Parasite That Allegedly Causes Chimpanzees to Become Sexually Attracted to Leopards

Janaki Lenin 24/02/2016

If the behaviour of our closest relatives can change...

Elegant but elusive. Simulation of merging black holes showing gravitational waves. Credit: NASA/ESA/wikimedia

Listen: The Discovery of Gravitational Waves, a New Window to the Universe

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 24/02/2016

A century after Einstein’s prediction of gravitational waves, LIGO’s...

A child receiving a dose of the oral polio vaccine, 2013. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Let Us Celebrate the Success of Pulse Polio

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 23/02/2016

India has been polio-free for five years now –...

The entrance dome (detail) of the central pavilion of the Giardini in Venice, decorated in 1909 by Chini (1873-1956) for the 8th Biennial Art Nouveau, illustrating the evolution of art. The 'architectural elements' for false ceilings are in the foreground. Credit: dalbera/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Crosstalk: When Galileo Saw Some Moons, and Other Stories of Invention

Sunil Laxman 22/02/2016

Places that foster conditions to drive innovation, enterprise, and...

Drawing blood. Credit: Gabriel Jabur/Agency Brasilia/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What it Will Take to Make a Zika Vaccine

Priyanka Pulla 21/02/2016

Bharat Biotech claims it can introduce a Zika vaccine...

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, India. Credit: IAEA, CC-BY-SA

How American Penalties Dwarf the Liability US Nuclear Firms Will Face in India

Amit Bhandari 21/02/2016

A $48-billion (Rs 3.26 lakh crore) penalty claimed by...

GSAT-6 seen with two halves of the payload faring of GSLV-D6. Credit: ISRO

Why ISRO Deserves the Budget Hike it’s Been Recommended

Narayan Prasad 18/02/2016

The government aims to use space technologies for a...