Month: August 2016

Allen Nutman (left) and Vickie Bennet (right) with a specimen of 3,700 Myr-old stromatolites from Isua, Greenland. Credit: Yuri Amelin/Nature

World’s Oldest Fossils, From 3.7 Billion Years Ago, Found in Greenland

Sandhya Ramesh 31/08/2016

The structures, built by microbes, were found on a...

Onlookers look at sattelites being launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. Credit: PTI

ISRO Announces Plans to Launch a Record 68 Satellites in One Mission

According to officials, if everything goes well, the ...

A fimbriated moray eel. Credit: elevy/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Moray Eels Knot Themselves to Pry Prey

Janaki Lenin 31/08/2016

The tricks moray eels use to hunt may mean...

165 Dead, 37.53 Lakh Affected in Bihar Floods

The government is plying 2818 boats for evacuation and...

‘Red Gene’ in Birds and Turtles Suggests Dinosaurs Had Bird-Like Colour Vision

University of Cambridge 31/08/2016

The gene, called CYP2J19, allows birds and turtles to...

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It’s Time Indian Scientists Answered Their Call to Be Responsible Citizens

Naresh Dadhich 31/08/2016

Plurality and the scientific method have a civilisational context,...

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A Bonanza for Builders in Mumbai, Thanks to a Change in Coastal Regulations

Darryl D'Monte 31/08/2016

In one stroke, certain stretches of Mumbai’s seafront have...