Month: May 2016

Swing it. Credit: tomitapio/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Exercise as an Effective Anti-cancer Strategy

Aju Mathew 25/05/2016

The largest study to have investigated the association of...

A scene from the 'origin of life' sequence in the 2011 film Tree of Life. Source: YouTube

Of All That Science Can See, What it Can’t Blinds Us to the Rest

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 25/05/2016

We have hit a roadblock when it comes to...

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An Economist Who Helps Women Help Themselves

Aashima Dogra 25/05/2016

Despite the creation of self-help groups and microfinance schemes,...

Illustration of the dust ring surrounding HD 181327. Credit: Amanda Smith, University of Cambridge

First Evidence of Icy Comets Orbiting a Sun-like Star

University of Cambridge 24/05/2016

The results are a first step in establishing the...

A solar flare observed on August 31, 2012. Credit: NASA

Solar Storms Could Solve Longstanding Paradox of How Life on Earth Arose

Monica Grady 24/05/2016

A new study has significant implications for theories about...

Space Shuttle Atlantis's three Block II RS-25D main engines at liftoff during the launch of STS-110. This image was extracted from engineering motion picture footage taken by a tracking camera. Caption and credit: Wikimedia Commons

ISRO’s Reusable Launch Vehicle: What Happened and What Next?

Vasudevan Mukunth 24/05/2016

ISRO did next to nothing to publicise the HEX1...

File photo of Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi January 19, 2009. Credit: Reuters

President Mukherjee Signs Ordinance Keeping State Boards Out of NEET This Year

This ordinance will ensure that students of state...