Month: May 2016

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India Challenges WTO Ruling Against Solar Technology Development

Ravi Kanth Devarakonda 28/05/2016

At a time when the countries of the world...

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Why Do Only Some People Get ‘Skin Orgasms’ from Listening to Music?

Mitchell Colver 28/05/2016

Those who intellectually immerse themselves in music, rather than...

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A Computer Scientist Who Keeps Our Satellites in Check

Nandita Jayaraj 28/05/2016

Kriti Faujdar finds ISRO a supportive place to work...

(From L) European Council President Donald Tusk, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pose for the family photo during the first day of the Group of Seven (G7) summit meetings in Ise Shima, Japan, May 26, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Pool

At G7, UK Pushes for Global Reward System for New Antibiotic Development

Kylie MacLellan 27/05/2016

Any use of antibiotics promotes the development and spread...

The mcr-1 plasmid-borne colistin resistance gene has been found primarily in Escherichia coli, pictured. Credit: Reuters/Courtesy CDC

First Case of Bacteria Resistant to All Antibiotics Detected in US

Ransdell Pierson and Bill Berkrot 27/05/2016

The study said continued surveillance to determine the true...

A man sits next to a window of a restaurant on the 70th floor of a skyscraper as the Guangzhou TV Tower is seen through thick hazy at the central business district in Guangzhou, Guangdong province February 17, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Alex Lee/Files

Euphoria Over Paris Climate Deal Ends, Talks on Rules May Go on Until 2018

Alister Doyle 27/05/2016

Details left vague by the 31-page Paris Agreement include...

Stocks of smuggled timber and the Gambian trucks that transported them are confiscated at a forestry depot in Digante, Senegal, November 18, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Jean-Francois Huertas

Senegal’s Last Forests Further Endangered by Timber Smugglers

Diadie Ba 27/05/2016

Much of northern Senegal bordering the Sahara Desert has...