Month: April 2017

Pigs are seen at a Smithfield Foods farm in the United States

Smithfield Foods Enters Pig-Human Transplant Market

Julie Steenhuysen and Michael Hirtzer 12/04/2017

The largest pork producer in the world has begun...

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This Is the Brain’s Backup Plan to Stay Online Even When Starved of Nutrients

T.V. Jayan 12/04/2017

Scientists in Bengaluru have unraveled an ingenious mechanism behind...

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Madras High Court Lobs Illegal Beach Sand Mining Ball in Centre’s Court

Sandhya Ravishankar 11/04/2017

The court’s interim order raises crucial questions on why...

Mother playing with child, Jodhpur

In India, Better Access to Contraception Is Key to Reducing Maternal Deaths

Ulla Müller and Shumon Sengupta 11/04/2017

On National Safe Motherhood Day (April 11), a look...

Tigers live in perhaps the highest density in Kaziranga National Park of any place in India. In other national parks in India, tigers are in greater peril, but poachers here tend to target the Indian one-horned rhinos instead. Here, a young male emerges from the elephant grass. © Steve Winter

Interview: ‘No One Needs to See Another Portrait of an Animal, You Can Do That at the Zoo’

Janaki Lenin 10/04/2017

Steve Winter is a conservation photographer noted for his...

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Debunking Myths About Malaria and Its Vector, the Mosquito

Tabitha Mwangi 10/04/2017

There are lots of tall tales about mosquitoes and...

Egg brooding by a female Cochranella euknemos, Panama. Credit: Jesse Delia

Glassfrogs Pee on Their Eggs to Protect Them

Janaki Lenin 10/04/2017

The study also found that, apart from parental care...