Year: 2017

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...

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Largest Increase in Pollution Deaths in India, Says Global Study

The Wire Staff 20/10/2017

Pollution is the largest cause of premature deaths worldwide,...

Women who remain on the island after the men migrate take shelter in a stilt house during floods.

Flood-Ravaged Islands of Sundarbans Need Women-Centric Interventions

Sayanti Sengupta and Nirmalya Choudhury 20/10/2017

After men migrate for work, women of Mousuni Island...

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At 2.5 Million, India Topped Global Chart of Pollution-Related Deaths in 2015, Finds Study

The Wire Staff 20/10/2017

Pollution caused nine million deaths globally in 2015 –...

Alladi Ramakrishnan (left) and his wife with Abdus Salam. Credit: Alladi Krishnaswami

With Our Shared Histories, Why Isn’t Indo-Pak Science Diplomacy on the Table?

Aswin Sekhar 19/10/2017

It is time India and Pakistan take steps to...