Month: June 2017

The size of Planet Nine, next to Earth and Neptune. PlanetUser/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Why Astronomers Are Arguing Over ‘Planet Nine’, Which They Haven’t Observed Yet

Sandhya Ramesh 26/06/2017

It seems what everyone has been wishing for all...

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Could Asteroid Strikes Cause Mass Extinctions on Earth in Ten Million Years?

Sanna Alwmark and Matthias Meier 26/06/2017

Researchers are looking at whether devastating asteroid strikes are...

The GRASP instrument. Credit: ISAC/ISRO

ISRO’s Mk III Launched a Little-Known Instrument Called GRASP – This Is What It Does

R. Ramachandran 26/06/2017

GRASP will be important to design better electronics, to...

The government of India, through five state-run insurance companies and Specified Undertaking of Unit Trust of India, owns a 32% stake in ITC. Credit: Reuters

LIC Thinks PIL Against Its Investments in Tobacco and ITC Is Frivolous

Anoo Bhuyan 26/06/2017

The public interest litigation seeks the divestment of 32%...

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Our Planet Is on Fire

IPS World Desk 25/06/2017

Record temperatures bring with them more drought, food insecurity,...

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Why Bird Eggs Come in Different Shapes

Janaki Lenin 25/06/2017

What holds the egg together and gives it shape?...

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India Fares Miserably in Providing Quality Healthcare Access to Its Citizens

Vipul Vivek 25/06/2017

India ranks last amongst all the BRICS nations in...