Year: 2016

Mud sacks near the burial spot of Jayalalithaa

Bury Jayalalithaa on Chennai’s Beach – and Then Bury the Rule of Law With Her

Nityanand Jayaraman 16/12/2016

The burial sites of two of Tamil Nadu's former...

Methane From Food Production Might Be the Next Wildcard in Climate Change

Pep Canadell, Ben Poulter, Mariel Saunois Paul Krummel, Philipp Bousquet and Rob Jackson 15/12/2016

Methane concentrations in the atmosphere are growing at a...

Watch: First They Took a Toe, Then His Life

Khabar Lahariya 15/12/2016

Rural healthcare is quite the powerful oxymoron in India.

A computer simulation shows two neutron stars, the extremely dense cores of now-dead stars, smashing into each other to form a blackhole. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 (quantum)

Has LIGO Actually Proved Einstein Wrong – and Found Signs of Quantum Gravity?

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/12/2016

Three physicists have predicted that finding 'echoes' of gravitational...

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How ‘Swachh Bharat’ is Being Forced Upon Chhattisgarh Villagers

Ajay T.G. 15/12/2016

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is a mechanically-run government programme without...

A mosaic of images taken by the Mars Colour Camera onboard MOM showing the Syrtis Major region of Mars, September 2015. One of the MOM payload's objectives is to trace the prevalence of and study the methane in Mars's atmosphere. Credit: Justin Cowart/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission’s Methane Instrument Has a Glitch

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/12/2016

The instrument samples methane, carbon dioxide and atmospheric properties...

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Inadequate Public Expenditure Means Indians Spend More Than They Earn On Healthcare

Rohit Kumar 14/12/2016

Unless India's public healthcare infrastructure is improved considerably, development...