Year: 2017

Noah_riding shotgun. Credit: Nisarg Prakash

No Sense Of Place: To Learn the Meaning of Life From a Four-Legged Therapist

Nisarg Prakash 16/07/2017

“My support system now is almost entirely comprised of...

Mycobacterium tuberculosis Bacteria. Credit: NIAID, via Wikimedia Commons

How Mathematics Can Help Us Tell Bacteria Apart

Ranjini Raghunath 16/07/2017

A new study in Scientific Reports uses fractal techniques...

postpartem psychosis

Postpartum Psychosis: ‘I’m Afraid of How You’ll Judge Me, as a Mother and as a Person’

Catherine Carver 16/07/2017

After giving birth, Catherine Carver became convinced that her...

Onotoa Atoll from the East, from an airplane midway from Tabiteuea and Arorae atolls, Gilbert Islands, Republic of Kiribati, Central Pacific. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Edvac

Kiribati Prepares for ‘Migration With Dignity’ to Confront the Ravages of Climate Change

Kayla Walsh 15/07/2017

The Republic of Kiribati is experiencing baki-aba, or 'land...

Maryam Mirzakhani. Credit: Stanford University

Maryam Mirzakhani, First Woman and Iranian to Win Fields Medal, Dies at 40

The Wire Staff 15/07/2017

She had dreamt of being a writer as a...

DNA sequencing for wildlife conservation. Credit: Reeteka Sud

Wildlife Conservation Efforts to Be Bolstered By DNA Bank in Bareilly

Reeteka Sud 15/07/2017

The DNA bank at the Centre for Wildlife, Indian...

Considering the Luxembourg law to promote asteroid-mining has been patterned on the US Space Act, is it another face of the ‘audacity of greed’? Credit: rolandoemail/pixabay

Fiat Luxembourg: How a Tiny European Nation Is Leading the Evolution of Space Law

Vasudevan Mukunth 15/07/2017

A new law signals Luxembourg’s intention to persist with...