Year: 2016

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...

Two researchers working with the plague in Philippines, 1912. Credit: Otis Historical Archives National Museum of Health and Medicine/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Study of Human History Through the Lives of Disease-Causing Bacteria

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 31/08/2016

Phylogenetics compares the genomes of extant organisms to reconstruct...

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Women in Science: The Mathematicians of Surathkal

Nandita Jayaraj 30/08/2016

Five scholars from NIT Surathkal talk about the struggles...