Month: May 2016

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Mercury: ‘First Rock From the Sun’ in Transit

David Rothery 05/05/2016

In every century there are only 13 or 14...

Laser Brain Cancer Treatment May Bring Extra Advantage

Ben Gruber 05/05/2016

The laser technology, approved by the US Food and...

Scientists Grow Two-Week-Old Human Embryos in Lab for the First Time

Kate Kelland 05/05/2016

The work, covered in two studies published on May...

Numerical simulation of two merging black holes performed by the Albert Einstein Institute in Germany: what this rendition shows through colors is the degree of perturbation of the spacetime fabric, the so-called gravitational waves. Caption & credit: nasablueshirt/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Thirty-Seven Indians Among LIGO Scientists to Win Special Breakthrough Prize

The Wire Staff 05/05/2016

On the back of the Indian scientists' commitment, an...

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Uttarakhand Forests Have Burnt Before, but Let Them Not Burn in Vain

Prakriti Mukerjee 04/05/2016

Maybe enough time has passed for us to treat...

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Bombay High Court Cracks Whip on Noise Pollution, Issues Contempt Notice to Top Official

"Loudspeakers are there everywhere. This court has in its...

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States Strongly Oppose NEET as SC Bench Indicates They Must Fall in Line

J. Venkatesan 03/05/2016

The bench was hearing petitions from various states and...