Month: October 2017

Gravitron. Credit: Daniel X O'Neill

A Tale of ‘Trons’: The 20th Century Suffix That Tells the Story of Modern Science

David Munns 24/10/2017

‘Tron’ began to attain wider cultural recognition around 1933...

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Possible Solutions to Crop Residue Burning

Sucha Singh Gill 23/10/2017

By raising funds from the Green Climate Fund board,...

Uruguay's President Tabare Vazquez meets his Zimbabwe counterpart Robert Mugabe at Uruguayan presidential building in Montevideo, October 19, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Removed as WHO Goodwill Envoy

Stephanie Nebehay and Kate Kelland 23/10/2017

Mugabe, 93, is blamed in the West for destroying...

Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt stands after the swearing-in ceremony for US Ambassador to Canada Kelly Knight Craft in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2017. Credit: Reuters

US Environmental Protection Agency Cancels Scientists’ Appearance at Climate Change Conference

Alwyn Scott 23/10/2017

EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has repeatedly expressed doubts about...

An Australian rainforest scorpion. Credit: David Wilson

Scorpions Are Not One-Hit Wonders – They Have Venoms for All Occasions

Janaki Lenin 23/10/2017

An individual scorpion can change its internal physiology in...

Michel Humpback Whales. Credit: Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

Whales and Dolphins Could Hold Clues to What Makes Humans So Advanced

Susanne Shultz 22/10/2017

Complex behaviour such as regional accents and cultural food...

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In Conversation With a Scintillating Nuclear Physicist

Nandita Jayaraj 21/10/2017

Maitreyee Saha Sarkar deals with work on nuclear structure...