Month: July 2016

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Crosstalk: Remembering What it Means to Be ‘World Class’

Sunil Laxman 20/07/2016

We tend to ignore lessons from history around the...

A human gut bacteria sample. Credit: diversey/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

It’s Time for Indian Medicine to Give Poop Transplants a Fair Chance

Nandita Jayaraj 19/07/2016

As faecal transplants emerge as a remarkably efficient way...

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Do Women’s Periods Really Sync When They Spend Time Together?

Alexandra Alvergne 19/07/2016

The hypothesis that synchronisation of menstrual cycles is an...

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A Pteridologist and Her Indomitable Ferns

Nandita Jayaraj 19/07/2016

"If you ask me, I’d say watch out for...

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The Little-Known Fund at the Heart of the Paris Climate Agreement

Oscar Reyes 19/07/2016

The Green Climate Fund is supposed to finance the...

A driver waits in a taxi for his turn to fill up his tank with diesel at a fuel station. Credit: Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri/Files

Two-Pronged Efforts to Reduce Diesel Fumes Gain Ground

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar 18/07/2016

The NGT has ordered all over ten-year-old diesel vehicles...

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Why Are We Still Waiting for the Male Pill?

Andy Extance 18/07/2016

Despite decades of promising research, the many men who...