Year: 2016

Cutting NASA Earth Observations Would Be a Costly Mistake

David Titley 04/12/2016

A retired rear admiral warns Donald Trump against cutting...

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On Climate Change, Donald Trump Has No Clue What He Is Talking About

Nagraj Adve 02/12/2016

No one should be surprised about Trump being a...

A 99.99% pure bismuth crystal. The metal has been found to become a superconductor at a higher temperature than thought. Credit: maticulous/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Indian Finding Poses New Challenge to Nobel-Winning Theory About Superconductors

Vasudevan Mukunth 02/12/2016

New experiment at TIFR in Mumbai disproves a prediction...

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As Government Rolls Out Injectable Contraceptives, Debate Over Women’s Rights Intensifies

Neeta Lal 30/11/2016

According to activists opposed to the introduction of the...

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Scientists Record Biggest Ever Coral Die-Off on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

Tom Westbrook 29/11/2016

Warm seas around Australia's Great Barrier Reef have killed...

Academic research seeks to discover new things and make testable predictions about our world and beyond. In this process, it sets standards for what constitutes a valid discovery. Credit: gastev/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What Are the Preconditions for Good Research in the Anthropocene Epoch?

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 29/11/2016

Can India's education policy empower students to pursue questions...

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Modi Should Not Play Politics With the Indus When the Basin Faces Ecological Problems

Raj Kaithwar 29/11/2016

The region's river dolphins and mangrove forests are suffering...