Year: 2017

Left: ‘Waterman’ Rajendra Singh, a noted water conservationist (Credit: Mullookkaran/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Right: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev (Credit: Wikipedia)

Isha Foundation Video Misrepresents ‘Waterman’ Position Against River Interlinking

Nityanand Jayaraman 12/09/2017

Comments critical of "dangerous" project are not shown amidst...

The truth is not always out there. Credit: Elnur

Take Pity on Forensic Scientists – Crime Writers Can Turn Their Lives Into a Nightmare

Aliki Varvogli 11/09/2017

Jurors are unlikely to appreciate that blood spatter patterns...

How Many Times Did Anitha Need to Prove Her Merit to an Undemocratic Education System?

Asim Siddiqui 11/09/2017

As elite scientific institutions ignore socio-economic realities to bypass...

Water from the Assi river before (L) and after treatment. Courtesy: INTACH

Cleaning a River in Two Months, and on a Budget

The Wire Staff 11/09/2017

An INTACH project at the Assi river in Varanasi,...

Women hug while standing next to a destroyed house after an earthquake struck the southern coast of Mexico late on Thursday, in Union Hidalgo, Mexico September 9, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Jorge Luis Plata

Earthquake in Mexico Leaves Thousands of Homes Wrecked, 90 Dead

Dave Graham 11/09/2017

President Enrique Pena Nieto declared three days of national...

The Painted Reed Frog (Hyperolius marmoratus) in Kenya. Credit: Shutterstock

Employing New Techniques to Track Kenya’s Fast Disappearing Amphibians

Sharon Kahara 11/09/2017

A recent study shows how the number of vulnerable...

At the Church of the Holy Saviour in Chora, Istanbul. Photo credit: Guillen Perez/Flickr

Why Religion Is Here to Stay and Science Won’t Destroy It

Peter Harrison 11/09/2017

Scientists, intellectuals and social scientists expected that the spread...