Month: March 2017

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Jallikattu as an Opportunity to Improve How India Conserves Its Indigenous Cattle Breeds

Vignesh Karthik K.R. and Ajay Chandra Vasagam 06/03/2017

Between 1992 and 2012, indigenous cattle breed numbers fell...

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Casting a Net in Fort Kochi

V. Sasikumar 06/03/2017

The signature shore-operated lift nets – or ‘Chinese fishing...

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The Two NASA Missions That Will Study Rocky Fossils of a Younger Solar System

Sandhya Ramesh 06/03/2017

Lucy and Psyche are a part of NASA's Discovery...

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The People Who Help You Die Better

Jeremy Laurance 06/03/2017

A network of compassionate volunteers caring for their terminally...

An artist's impression of a pulsar and its white dwarf companion. Caption and credit: esoastronomy/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Infinite in All Directions: Juno’s Problem, Evolution of Astronomy, Visualising Pulsars

Vasudevan Mukunth 06/03/2017

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

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How a ‘Hmm That’s Strange’ Moment Led to a Therapeutic Discovery

Nandita Jayaraj and Aashima Dogra 05/03/2017

Jyotsna Dhawan, a scientist talks about her research on...

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Indigenous People Cultivated Trees That Shaped Amazon Landscape

Will Dunham 05/03/2017

Researchers say many tree species populating the Amazon region...