Year: 2016

163 New Species Discovered in Greater Mekong Region, But Rapid Deforestation Threatens Survival

Reuters 19/12/2016

The Greater Mekong is a global hub for illegal...

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What is a Headline’s Relationship With an Article About Uncertainty?

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/12/2016

Many articles are beginning to deal with objects that...

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Infinite in All Directions: The Five Fronts of Consciousness, an Old Frontier

Thomas Manuel 19/12/2016

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

Creator of the Heimlich Manoeuvre Dies at 96

Bill Trott 18/12/2016

Henry Heimlich, the maverick who came up with a...

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Thirteen Peahens Found Dead in Ajmer

The carcasses have been taken to the Deer Park...

Lipi Thukral’s Tools For a Better Biology

Nandita Jayaraj 18/12/2016

“I used to hate standing up and doing experiments,...

Mexico’s New Nature Reserves: Real Conservation Effort or Empty Political Gesture?

Adán Echeverría-García 18/12/2016

The government has decided to protect vast new expanses...