Month: May 2016

Bread and butter. Credit: praveenpn4u/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

When Chernobyl’s Radioactive Residues Were Thought to Be in Mumbai’s Butter

K.S. Parthasarathy 24/05/2016

A former secretary of the AERB recalls how safe...

The untreated effluents, especially from textile dyeing units, that Drain Number 2 carries from Panipat to the Yamuna upstream of Delhi. Credit: Dilip Banerjee/thethirdpole.net.

Panipat Dyes Poison Delhi Waters

Juhi Chaudhary 24/05/2016

High levels of ammonia released by industrial plants in...

The PSLV takes off on its 24th mission in April 2014 to launch the IRNSS 1B satellite. Source: ISRO

Why Haven’t ISRO and the US Signed Their Commercial Space Launch Agreement Yet?

Vasudevan Mukunth 23/05/2016

ISRO will have to take a call about whether...

Struggling Novartis Heart Drug Sales Boosted by New Global Medical Guidelines

Ben Hirschler 23/05/2016

The lack of specific guidelines from professional bodies until...

An artist's depiction of the exoplanets around Kepler-223 in an 8:6:4:3 resonance. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Cosmic Dance: A Look Into Our Past By Looking At A Neighbour

Sandhya Ramesh 23/05/2016

A study of the older Kepler-223 system offers clues...

ANI images showing the solid-fuel booster lofting the RLV technology demonstrator before the descent begins. Source: ANI_news/Twitter

After Successful Test of Reusable Vehicle, ISRO Has Further Plans for Slashing Launch Costs

Gopal N. Raj 23/05/2016

ISRO's immediate priorities are to make its own launch...

The Panama isthmus. Credit: stockmdm/shutterstock

How Events in Panama Created the Modern World (Millions of Years Ago)

Alex Farnsworth and Emma Stone 23/05/2016

It’s a great example of how geography and climate...