Month: January 2018

Srinivasa Ramanujan, some time before 1920. Credit: SpacemanSpiff/Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Srinivasa Ramanujan the Infinite

Aswin Sekhar 22/01/2018

It is almost as if every number was his...

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The Y Chromosome Is Disappearing – So What’s in the Future for Men?

Darren Griffin and Peter Ellis 22/01/2018

Unlike all other chromosomes, which we have two copies...

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If There’s a Fire Down Below, Do You See a Firehawk up Above?

Janaki Lenin 21/01/2018

Humans might not be the only species on the...

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How Can We Stop the Feminisation of Sea Turtles in the Northern Great Barrier Reef?

Ana Rita Patricio 21/01/2018

Green sea turtles’ sensitivity to incubation temperatures is such...

From left to right: Ram Madhav (Credit: PTI), Charles Darwin (Credit: Wikipedia Commons) and Satyapal Singh (Credit: PTI).

With Ram Madhav and Satyapal Singh in Charge, Even Lord Ram Can’t Help Indian Science

Vasudevan Mukunth 21/01/2018

If the minister's pen, with RSS support, blots the...

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Review: Friends With Benefits – the Human Race and the Food It Makes

Madhusudhan Raman 21/01/2018

Jonathan Silvertown has presented between the covers of his...

Image of a fan-throated lizard. Credit: Wikipedia

How Monsoons Shaped the Evolution of the Biodiversity of Fan-Throated Lizards

Richa Malhotra 21/01/2018

Scientists have searched almost all the likely habitats of...