Month: March 2017

A patient displays a bottle of medicine at an office of HIV/AIDS activists in New Delhi October 13, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee

Why Activists Are Upset With the Much-Awaited HIV/AIDS Bill

Jyotsna Singh 23/03/2017

The Bill falls short of committing to universal access...

A health technician analyses blood samples for tuberculosis testing in a high-tech tuberculosis lab in Carabayllo in Lima, Peru May 19, 2016. Credit: Reuters

Rise of Tuberculosis Superbug Hampers Global Control Efforts

Kate Kelland 23/03/2017

Researchers have found that some one in five cases...

dinosaur fossils

We Might Have to Completely Redraw the Dinosaur Family Tree

Michael J. Benton 23/03/2017

A new fossil study challenges 130 years of thinking...

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Science Journals Sting Raises Troubling Questions About UGC’s Publication Rule for PhDs

Vasudevan Mukunth 22/03/2017

A number of predatory journals thrive in India, fed...

Smoke rises from a chimney of a garbage processing plant on the outskirts of Chandigarh December 3, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Ajay Verma/Files

Environment Ministry to Bend Over Backwards to Whitelist Illicit Projects

Manju Menon and Kanchi Kohli 22/03/2017

A new notification from the ministry lays out a...

Nurse gives a red ribbon to a woman to mark World Aids Day at the entrance of Emilio Ribas Hospital, in Sao Paulo

‘As Far as Possible’ Is as Far the Government Will Go in Committing to Treat HIV Patients

Anoo Bhuyan 22/03/2017

The Bill was passed without amending the contentious clause...

A pipe pumps polluted water from the Nanfeihe River into a treatment pool, in Hefei, Anhui province September 1, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Stringer

How Recycled Water Could Revolutionise Sustainable Development

Tamara Avellán 22/03/2017

There is no longer any good reason to waste...