Month: May 2017

A man pedals his cycle rickshaw during monsoon rains in New Delhi, India August 31, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Cathal McNaughton/File Photo

Monsoon Rains Reach Andaman Islands Ahead of Schedule

Reuters 14/05/2017

The early onset of monsoon comes after the India...

deep-blue

Twenty Years on From Deep Blue vs Kasparov: How a Chess Match Started the Big Data Revolution

Mark Robert Anderson 14/05/2017

The in depth story of a student project that...

The unique tuatara. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Not a Lizard nor a Dinosaur, Tuatara Is the Sole Survivor of a Once-Widespread Reptile Group

Marc Emyr Huw Jones 14/05/2017

A national icon in New Zealand, tuatara are the...

Sabina-flourosis

Fluoride Contamination Cripples a Thousand Children in Assam

Azera Parveen Rahman 14/05/2017

Fluoride concentration in groundwater is going up as wells...

Infographic about changes in bad health that mya be expected in South America. Credit: Medigo/Global Voices

We’re Living Longer, But Not Everyone Is Living Healthier

Gabriela Garcia Calderon Orbe 13/05/2017

The World Health Organisation confirms that we are living...

People walk past a chemist shop at a market in Mumbai, India. Credit: Reuters

NITI Aayog Vs Modi: Disagreement on Affordable Drugs Widens

Anoo Bhuyan 13/05/2017

NITI Aayog's research on drug deregulation continues unabated, even...

Workers rebuild a temple damaged during the 2015 earthquake, in Bhaktapur

Two Years After the Earthquake, Why Has Nepal Failed to Recover?

Hemant Ojha, Eileen Baldry and Krishna K. Shrestha 12/05/2017

Two years after the second earthquake rocked Nepal in...