Month: February 2017

Hookworms. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Microbes That Helped Us Evolve Now Make Us Sick

Asu Erdin 20/02/2017

While we have adapted in the past, we might...

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Deadly Storm Hits South, Flood Worries in Northern California

Jon Herskovitz 20/02/2017

The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services said the...

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Birds of Passage: Winter in Uchhali Lake

Khan Shehram Eusufzye 19/02/2017

The migratory birds that each year flock to the...

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Why Upgrading Your Brain Could Make You Less Human

Michael Bess 19/02/2017

The blurring of person and product is already a...

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Andaman and Nicobar’s Barren Island Volcano Becomes Active Once Again

After sundown the team observed red lava fountains spewing...

An Ariane 5ES lifts off, June 2013. Credit: dlr_de/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Apples and Oranges: Why ISRO Rockets Aren’t Comparable to Falcons or Arianes

Vasudevan Mukunth 18/02/2017

ISRO is a state-backed, not market-driven, organisation, while its...

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Government’s Cap on the Absurdly High Prices of Stents is a Good First Step

Sanjay Nagral 18/02/2017

Medical associations, hospitals and pharma companies have no interest...