Year: 2017

Rhinos and buffalos take shelter at a high land in the flooded Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Credit: PTI

Parts of Kaziranga Still Under Water, Over 300 Animals Dead

The Wire Staff 22/08/2017

The floods have also damaged the infrastructure at the...

Credit: Kamala Thiagarajan

The Lives of the Salt Harvesters of Thoothukudi in a Warming World

Kamala Thiagarajan 22/08/2017

As manufacturers struggle to come to terms with the...

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Debate: Can Science and Social Science Really March Together?

Renny Thomas 22/08/2017

If the scientific method was meant to eradicate superstitions,...

It's hard to glimpse the Sun's 'crown' on regular days – but not during a total solar eclipse. Credit: bairi/pixabay

Scientists Predict How Magnetic Streamers Will Decorate Sun During Solar Eclipse

T.V. Venkateswaran 21/08/2017

Understanding how magnetic field lines will dance over the...

Women with goats come out of their submerged house, in Shibaloy, Manikganj district, Bangladesh. Credit: Farid Ahmed/IPS

South Asia Struggles to Contain Flood Damage

Farid Ahmed 21/08/2017

The death toll from drowning, snakebite, house collapse and...

The Success of India’s Women in STEM Is Threatened by Many Paradoxes

Ashwini Vaidya 21/08/2017

On the one hand, we congratulate ourselves on the...

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What Is It About the Death of 70 Kids in Gorakhpur That’s Eating My Heart and Soul?

Darab Farooqui 20/08/2017

Are these children just a piece of news, some...