Year: 2017

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...

Vehicles wade through a flooded road after heavy rains in Vashi, Navi Mumbai, on Tuesday. Photo Credit: PTI

Heavy Rains Lash Mumbai Again, Air and Road Services Disrupted

Flights were diverted with the main runway out of...

An artist's impression of Tabby's star. Credit: NASA/Wikimedia Commons

WTF: The Story of the Strangest Star We’ve Known

Sandhya Ramesh 20/09/2017

There’s clearly something mysterious going on. We don’t know...

Hunter S. Thompson, pioneer of gonzo journalism, in May 1989. Credit: Rs79/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Meet the Hunter S. Thompson of Elementary Particles

Vasudevan Mukunth 20/09/2017

Particles called gluons are responsible for mediating the strong...

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Malaysia Allows Generics for Gilead’s Hepatitis C Drug for Which India Issued Patent

The Wire Staff 19/09/2017

India had first rejected a patent for this breakthrough...

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Who Will Shatter the Conspiracy of Silence Around Those Displaced By the Sardar Sarovar Project?

Gargi Parsai 19/09/2017

Affected people who owned property are still awaiting proper...

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Can Gadkari Clean up the Ganga by 2018?

Rashme Sehgal 19/09/2017

Nitin Gadkari needs more than a silver bullet to...