Month: September 2016

An aedes aegypti mosquito is seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, February 2, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker

Why You Might Have to Doubly Beware Zika if You’ve Already Had Dengue

Neelakshi Varma 08/09/2016

With grave repercussions for India, a recent study suggests...

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How Does LSD Induce Short-Term Psychosis but Long-Term Optimism?

Rachel Jonas 08/09/2016

A 2016 study from Imperial College London showed that...

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Four Reasons You Should Pay Attention to ISRO’s Successful GSLV F05 Launch

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/09/2016

The event marks the first time an indigenous cryogenic...

This artist's concept shows the Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security - Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft contacting the asteroid Bennu with the Touch-And-Go Sample Arm Mechanism or TAGSAM. The mission aims to return a sample of Bennu's surface coating to Earth for study as well as return detailed information about the asteroid and it's trajectory. Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Asteroid-Bound OSIRIS-REx Set to Begin New Quest for Life’s Origins

Sandhya Ramesh 07/09/2016

The ambitious seven-year mission will visit the asteroid Bennu...

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Big Oil and Activists Unite to Protect Endangered Whales

Guy Dinmore 06/09/2016

The success story of a rare collaboration between Big...

Srewe Xerente, an indigenous man from Brazil, performs a ritual during a forum on ancestral rights at the World Conservation Congress in Honolulu, Hawaii, where native peoples are demanding greater participation in conservation policies. Credit: Emilio Godoy/IPS

Conservation Means Little Without Addressing Indigenous People’s Rights

Emilio Godoy 06/09/2016

At a conference in Honolulu, activists, governments and others...

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Gravitational Waves Will Bring the Extreme Universe into View

Daniel Hoak 06/09/2016

The thousands of signals that should soon be observed...