Month: September 2017

A rescue worker attempts to secure the perimeter of a building toppled by the Sept. 19, 2017 earthquake, to keep former residents from trying to get inside – something that has happened in many buildings knocked down or badly damaged by the quake in Mexico City. Credit: Emilio Gody/IPS

Earthquake Leaves Mexico’s Disaster Response System Struggling to Keep Up

Emilio Godoy 21/09/2017

Although basic public services have been restored, economic, commercial...

The Ken river as it flows through Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. Credit: Abhishekkolay/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Lack of Data Continues to Cast Centre’s River-Linking Plans in Poor Light

Bharat Dogra 21/09/2017

The data on which rivers are running low and...

Metropoles like Shanghai have survived and thrived in large part because of their massive populations. But what happens when people start to become a liability rather than an asset? Credit: Reuters

Can the World’s Megacities Survive the Digital Age?

Christopher H. Lim and Vincent Mack 21/09/2017

For megacities, it’s time to start planning for a...

Marcha (left) and thiat. Credit: doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11609-y

Ethnic Fermented Foods Help Preserve Some Bacteria and Fungi

Monika Kundu Srivastava 20/09/2017

The technique involved help keep alive important bacteria and...

wax moth caterpillars

Could a Pest of the Honey Industry Clean up Plastic Waste?

Janaki Lenin 20/09/2017

In 12 hours, 100 wax moth caterpillars had reduced...

Satya Pal Singh. Credit: PTI

Dear Minister: An Indian Did Try to Fly But He Definitely Didn’t Invent the Aeroplane

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/09/2017

If the thinking of Satya Pal Singh is anything...

Hurricane Maria which bore down menacingly on the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday after devastating the tiny island nation of Dominica and Hurricane Jose (top) both are seen in the Atlantic Ocean in this NOAA's GOES East satellite image taken at 21:45 p.m. EDT on September 19, 2017 (0145 UTC, September 20, 2017). Photo Credit: NASA/NOAA GOES Project/Handout via Reuters

Hurricane Maria Headed for St. Croix, Puerto Rico After Devastating Dominica

Alvin Baez and Robin Respaut 20/09/2017

Maria, a rare Category 5 storm at the top...