Month: June 2016

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Smartphones Won’t Make Your Kids Dumb. We Think.

Olivia Solon 08/06/2016

Like many parents, Sandy is concerned about how much...

India drought rivers interlinking

Droughts and Floods: India’s Water Crises Demand More Than Grand Projects

Bhaskar Vira 08/06/2016

Compartmentalised responses are unlikely to be adequate to address...

Plastic pollution a water body. Credit: olenalavrova/shutterstock

Q&A: A Plastic Ocean – Can a Movie Help Us See This Invisible Crisis?

Lesley Henderson 08/06/2016

"It’s the images that sell a film, if you...

Anu Sabhlok in the field. Source: Anu Sabhlok's blog

A Social Scientist Hacking Away at the Idea of National Identity

Aashima Dogra 08/06/2016

"I have been very lucky to have a very...

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A Microwave Peek Into Our Stellar Neighbourhood

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/06/2016

There might be a giant gas cloud about 400...

Vice President Joe Biden participates in a roundtable discussion at the University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine and Abramson Cancer Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 15, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Mark Makela/File Photo

Joe Biden Unveils Project to Promote Cancer Data Sharing in the US

Bill Berkrot 07/06/2016

The Genomic Data Commons will centralise, standardise and make...

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Mining is in the Way of Adivasi Forest Rights, Not the Other Way Round

Kanchi Kohli 07/06/2016

File notings released by the tribal affairs ministry make...