Month: April 2016

ncylostoma caninum, a type of hookworm, attached to the intestinal mucosa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Sometimes, (Parasitic) Worms Come With Perks

Nandita Jayaraj 15/04/2016

Intestinal worms continue to be bad news in most...

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India’s Water Woes, in Five Charts

The Wire Staff 15/04/2016

Not just the reservoir closest to Latur – three...

The sun rises behind Fiddlers Ferry coal fired power station near Liverpool, northern England, December 15, 2008. Credit: Reuters/Phil Noble

To Curb Climate Change, “We Need to Move Everything,” Say Sustainable Investment Experts

Laurie Goering 15/04/2016

A forum in Oxford stressed that despite the Paris...

The new PARLA laser in operation at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. The yellow-orange beam of the brilliant seven-watt laser is seen emerging from the dome of Unit Telescope 4 of the Very Large Telescope. In the background the Large Magellanic Cloud can also be seen. The laser creates an artificial star high in the atmosphere that can be used to correct images for the turbulence of the air and form much sharper pictures. Credit: European Southern Observatory, CC BY 4.0

How Could We Build an Invisibility Cloak to Hide Earth from an Alien Civilisation?

David Kipping 14/04/2016

An invisibility cloak could be a sort of insurance...

A barking dog, frothing at the mouth. Credit: chiefjancris/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

New Weapon in War on Rabies: Mobile Phones

Katie Hampson 14/04/2016

Tens of thousands of people die from rabies each...

A Falcon 9 takes off. Credit: SpaceX

How to Launch a Rocket Into Space … and Then Land it on a Ship at Sea

Hugh Hunt 14/04/2016

The SpaceX philosophy is that the majority of the...

A mural depicting two tigers, in J.P. Nagar, Bengaluru. Credit: nagarjun/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

For How Long Will We Pretend All is Well With Our Tigers and Their Habitats?

Ghazala Shahabuddin 14/04/2016

The government's focus on exact population numbers where none...