Year: 2017

Anthony's poison frog, Epipedobates anthonyi, is the original source of epibatidine. Credit: Rebecca Tarvin/University of Texas at Austin

This Frog’s Poison Is Among the Deadliest in Nature – So Why Doesn’t It Kill the Frog Itself?

Janaki Lenin 09/10/2017

Learning how poison frogs evolved to resist their toxins...

ICDS

Is the Government Planning to Dismantle the ICDS Programme?

Rashme Sehgal 09/10/2017

ICDS plays a vital role in a country which...

A girl takes a close look at the world’s first artificial. satellite, the Soviet-made Sputnik I. Credit: Reuters

Taking Stock and Looking to the Future Sixty Years After Sputnik

Keith Gottschalk 08/10/2017

Soon after Sputnik’s launch, the military realised that spacecraft...

The Living Desert: Striped Hyena. Credit:Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND

How Did Animals Get Their Spots and Stripes? Math Has an Answer

Thomas Woolley 08/10/2017

Mathematicians have been playing around with pattern formation equations...

A musician walks in the French Quarter as Hurricane Nate approaches the U.S. Gulf Coast in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. October 7, 2017. Credit: Reuters

Hurricane Nate Slams US Gulf Coast

Jessica Resnick-Ault and Rod Nickel 08/10/2017

Nate comes on the heels of three other major...

Players of the Chile football team during a practice session for the U-17 Football World Cup at Salt Lake in Kolkata on Saturday. Credit: PTI /Ashok Bhaumik

Air Pollution Could Put a Dampener on the Under-17 Football World Cup

Mukta Patil 08/10/2017

All six Indian cities where matches are being held...

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Meet the Chiropterologist Who Is Tracing the Lost Bats of India

Nandita Jayaraj 08/10/2017

The recovery of the Kolar Leaf-nosed bat from the...