Month: January 2018

A handout picture shows a beach in the Azores is pictured littered with plastic garbage

Eleven Billion Pieces of Plastic Bring Disease Risk to Coral Reefs

Joleah Lamb 26/01/2018

A new study has found that contact with plastic can...

Rachel Bronson, president and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists listens to her fellow members talk about their decision to move the 'Doomsday Clock' hands to two minutes until midnight at a news conference in Washington, U.S. January 25, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Leah Millis

Two Minutes Left: ‘Doomsday Clock’ Now Closest to Midnight Since Cold War

Barbara Goldberg 26/01/2018

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said the world...

A close-up view of the teeth accompanying the left maxilla of human remains from Misliya Cave in Israel, the oldest remains of our species Homo sapiens found outside Africa, is provided in this photo released on January 25, 2018. Credit: Handout via Reuters/ Israel Hershkovitz/Tel Aviv University

Fossil Jawbone Found in Israel Is the Oldest Modern Human Found Outside Africa

Rolf Quam 26/01/2018

New discoveries are changing archaeologists' ideas about the origins...

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Entry of HPV Vaccine Into National Programme Relies on Outcome of SC Case, Resource Assessment

Anoo Bhuyan 26/01/2018

While the technical body on immunisation has given its...

A farmer weeding a maize field in Bihar. Credit: CIMMYT/Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Centre’s New Drought Manual Likely to Aggravate Farm Distress

Nidhi Jamwal 26/01/2018

Strict parameters set by the central government have made...

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US Panel Rejects Philip Morris Claim That Electronic Tobacco Device Less Risky Than Cigarettes

Toni Clarke 26/01/2018

The tobacco giant has spent more than $3 billion...

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Debate: India Is Not ‘Self-Destructing’, It’s Being Destroyed Systematically

Sajai Jose 26/01/2018

A startlingly pessimistic vision of India’s looming environmental and...