Month: March 2018

Steve (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement). Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre/ Flickr

Citizen Scientists Help Identify a New Type of Aurora

Nathan Case 24/03/2018

In a first, amateur aurora chasers brought Steve, a...

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The Wire Science – Submission Guidelines

The Wire Staff 24/03/2018

For anything related to The Wire Science, write to...

India needs to bring down the TB incidence rate from around 200 to 10 per 1,00,000 individuals by 2025. Credit: PTI

Interview: ‘You’re Going Into a Battle on Tuberculosis, and You Need to Have an Army’

Anoo Bhuyan 24/03/2018

Narendra Modi recently reaffirmed India’s commitment to eliminating TB...

One of the Vanguard satellites in Florida in 1958. Credit: NASA

60 Years in Orbit for ‘Grapefruit Satellite’ – the Oldest Human Object in Space

Alice Gorman 24/03/2018

Vanguard 1, meant to make US the first nation...

A representative image of a government hospital. Credit: PTI

Maharashtra Hikes Public Health Service Fees While Spending Less Public Funds on the Sector

Nitin Jadhav and Ravi Duggal 23/03/2018

The state government has increased rates across the board,...

A tuberculin test being conducted. Credit: WikiImages/pixabay

The Standards and Double Standards of Dealing With Tuberculosis in India

Pranay Sinha and Scott K. Heysell 23/03/2018

To end TB by 2025, India needs to decrease...

Gender in Physics working group of the Indian Physics Association. Credit: ICTS-TIFR

A Step Forward to Address the Gender Gap in Indian Science

Nithyanand Rao 23/03/2018

Taking inspiration from international groups, female physicists in India...