Month: March 2016

Engineers installing earthquake-dampening screws on the suspension cage of a mirror to be used inside a LIGO detector. Credit: LIGO

India’s LIGO Detector Has the Money it Needs, a Site in Sight, and a Completion Date Too

Papiya Bhattacharya 25/03/2016

By 2023, scientists from around the country expect to...

Credi: Meena Kadri, CC BY 2.0/Flickr

Smoking Burns Rs.1.04-Trillion Hole in Indian Economy

World Health Organisation calls for larger pictorial health warnings...

Satellite image on March 22. Credit: NASA image courtesy Jeff Schmaltz LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC

What’s That Fire? Burning Crop Land Helps Farmers in Short-Run but at Heavy Long-term Cost

Jahnavi Sen 25/03/2016

A NASA image shows how burning crop land after...

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New Tourism Policy Will Harm Local Communities and Environment, Say Activists

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty 25/03/2016

The policy is heavily weighed in favour of corporates...

A scene from the 2011 drama film 'Tree of Life' – whose visual effects team used a variety of chemical substances and lighting effects to depict the formation of life in the universe.

Biology, Like Modern Art, Has Need for the Abstract in its Study of Life

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 25/03/2016

Anyone who thinks that a scientifically acceptable unifying theory,...

Hilary Putnam. Source: YouTube screengrab

Hilary Putnam, the Philosopher of Science Who Didn’t Mind Refuting Himself

Bijoy Boruah 25/03/2016

He was well-grounded in physics and mathematics but strongly...

Noses. Credit: kitpfish/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Human Noses Worse Than Their Ancestors’ at Air Conditioning. Did Evolution Go Wrong?

Nandita Jayaraj 25/03/2016

A new study on nasal air conditioning in humans...