Month: June 2016

The PSLV C34 takes off on its 35th consecutive successful mission and 36th overall. Source: ANI News

Watch: ISRO Launches 36th PSLV Mission With a Record 20 Satellites Including CartoSat

The Wire Staff 22/06/2016

ISRO successfully launched its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle rocket on its...

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A Computer Scientist Who Plays With Chaos

Aashima Dogra 21/06/2016

Mamta Rani has already made seminal contributions to fractal...

Hubbard glacier, Alaska. Credit: robertraines/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Brief History of Earth: The Lives and Times of the First Ice Ages

Sandhya Ramesh 21/06/2016

A series exploring the natural history of Earth, beginning...

Kamarajar Port has declared its intent to make land where water is. Source: Author provided

Chennai May Just Be Masterminding its Next Flooding Disaster

Nityanand Jayaraman 21/06/2016

Hidden away in two tables in an urban masterplan...

Ramanujan, centre, with his colleagues in Trinity College. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Infinite in All Directions: Ramanujan’s Genius, Kali’s Oracle, and the Sociology of Astronomy

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/06/2016

Infinite in All Directions is our new science newsletter....

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Natural Disasters Have High Negative Impact on Children and Schools in Asia Pacific

Alisa Tang 20/06/2016

In the coming decades, an estimated 200 million children...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waves as he arrives in Greenland with Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen for a tour of the Illulissat Icefjord and Jakobshavn Glacier

Melting Arctic Ice Reveals New Ground, Highlighting Need For New Climate Policy

Lesley Wroughton 20/06/2016

The move towards clean and sustainable energy policies needs...