Month: June 2017

A tubelip wrasse feeding on coral. Credit: Victor Huertas and David Bellwood

How Fish Eat Pointy Food, Finches That Use Cigarettes and Unisexual Salamanders

Janaki Lenin 30/06/2017

A quick review of interesting research on living things...

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How Access to Knowledge Can Help Universal Health Coverage Become a Reality

Stevan Bruijns 30/06/2017

A critical part of attaining universal health coverage –...

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The Mithivirdi Movement – the Untold Story of a Struggle Against a Nuclear Power Plant in Gujarat

Damayantee Dhar 30/06/2017

Activists spent days creating awareness amongst the villagers, including...

An artist's impression of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) satellite. Credit: JPL/NASA

Why Trump’s Views on Climate Change Will Have No Bearing on NASA-ISRO Satellite

Amit Raj Singh 30/06/2017

The Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite, acronymised to NISAR, will...

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In Mumbai, ‘World’s Largest Beach Clean-Up’ Has Transformed the Versova Shore

Rezwan 30/06/2017

A Mumbai-based lawyer and environmentalist is leading efforts by...

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The Case for Putting Aside Dark Energy to Reevaluate General Relativity

David Wiltshire and Alan Coley 30/06/2017

If dark energy is just a grand illusion –...

On June 29, 2017, an Ariane 5 rocket launched the GSAT-17 and Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit. Credit: Arianespace

GSAT-17 Is the Latest in a Long Line of ‘Made in India, for India’ Communication Satellites

Gopal N. Raj 29/06/2017

Of the 31 communication satellites produced by ISRO, 19...