Year: 2017

An image of the H1N1 influenza virus. Credit: CDC

The Threat of Flu Pandemics is Real and India Needs a Vaccination Policy in Place Soon

Priyanka Pulla 28/06/2017

Notwithstanding the recent unpredictability seen in Indian influenza seasons,...

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Understanding the Root Causes Behind Natural Disasters

Florian Roth, Christine Eriksen and Tim Prior 27/06/2017

Learning what parts of society are susceptible to natural...

Mitch McConnell walks to the Senate floor in the Capitol in Washington

US Republican Healthcare Bill Risks Robbing 22 Million Health Insurance

Yasmeen Abutaleb and Susan Cornwell 27/06/2017

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office's assessment of the bill...

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%...