Month: December 2016

Representatives from different political parties at the Wihistleblower Trust event. Credit: Shwetank Mishra

Concern Over Air Pollution in Varanasi Brings Political Parties Together

Shwetank Mishra 13/12/2016

At an event organised by an environmental NGO, representatives...

People lifting uprooted poles. The movement of traffic on several arterial roads including the famous Anna Salai, Grand Southern Trunk road were largely affected while several trees were also uprooted as cyclone Vardah made landfall near Chennai coast on Monday. Credit: PTI Photo/R. Senthil Kumar

Cyclone Vardah Kills Four in Tamil Nadu, Disrupts Communication

Public transport came to a standstill in Chennai with...

The Barbie typewriter. Credit: uriba/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Infinite in All Directions: Barbie Typewriters, Aftershock Landslides, the CRISPR Patent Battle

Vasudevan Mukunth 12/12/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....

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A Filmmaker and Ethnographer Retells Stories of Indigenous Art

Aashima Dogra 11/12/2016

Nina Sabnani, a filmmaker, illustrator and researcher in ethnography...

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Photo Essay: Draining Nepal’s Imja Glacial Lake

Nabin Baral 11/12/2016

The lake in the Everest region was in danger...

Lantana camara, an invasive species, in Kilakottai, Tamil Nadu. Credit: kumaravel/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

India Knows Its Invasive Species Problem But This Is Why Nobody Can Deal With it Properly

Ankila J. Hiremath and Siddhartha Krishnan 11/12/2016

In 2001, economists pegged the costs of damages caused...

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How Should You Grieve?

Andrea Volpe 10/12/2016

The pain and sorrow of bereavement is supposed to...