Month: October 2016

The PSLV C34 rocket in the vehicle assembly building, Sriharikota, with a group of engineers visible near its base. The C34 mission launched the CartoSat 2C satellite. Credit: ISRO

Where Does ISRO Stand on Surgical Strikes and Silica Aerogels?

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/10/2016

ISRO scientists have separately claimed that data from a...

A Quarter of the World’s Population Has Latent TB, Suggests Study

Pete Dodd and Rein Houben 27/10/2016

Eradicating TB won't happen unless the number of people...

Wildlife Populations Fall by 60% Since 1970 – WWF

Alister Doyle 27/10/2016

The index is showing a steeper plunge in wildlife...

To Decolonise Maths, Stand up to Its False History and Bad Philosophy

Chandra Kant Raju 26/10/2016

Formal mathematics creates a slave mentality. It creates a...

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As Climate Change Worsens, India Must Consider a Policy on Environmental Migration

Hamsa Vijayaraghavan and Deepti Somani 26/10/2016

A regional framework would allow India to determine its...

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If Climate Change is a Disaster Movie, the US is its Titanic

Amruta Byatnal 25/10/2016

The real hero of Leonardo DiCaprio’s climate change documentary...

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How a Telescope in Maharashtra Helped Track the Fate of ExoMars Lander

Vasudevan Mukunth 25/10/2016

"GMRT is a world-class instrument, recently upgraded with new...