Month: April 2018

Some vaccines are easy to access but others require a trip to a government hospital where conditions are poor and wait times long. Credit: ps_sahana/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

India Leads in Vaccine Production but Not in Vaccination

Jo McGowan Chopra 30/04/2018

Immunisation experts agree that simply by vaccinating children on...

A Libyan police officer views a haul of prescription drug Tramadol seized from a shipping container in Tripoli March 3, 2011. Caption and credit: brqnetwork/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Govt Moves to Clamp Down on Sale, Distribution of Painkiller Prized by ISIS

Tramadol is a synthetic opiate that ISIS militants are...

On June 29, 2017, an Ariane 5 rocket launched the GSAT-17 and Hellas Sat 3-Inmarsat S EAN satellites into a geostationary transfer orbit. Credit: Arianespace

ISRO Recalls GSAT-11 From Spaceport to Perform Additional Tests

The Wire Staff 28/04/2018

The 5,800 kg satellite when functional can provide a...

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The ‘Meltdown’ of a $3 Million Research Project

Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica 28/04/2018

How a star psychiatrist at the University of Illinois...

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A Remembrance Day for Lost Species

P.K. Read, Undark Magazine 28/04/2018

In this modern age of nature disconnect, can a...

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Review: How an Environmentalist Changed His Mind About GMOs

Devang Mehta 28/04/2018

Mark Lynas's 'Seeds of Science' accurately dissects the differences...

A tiger. Credit: krayker/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

National Authority Threatens to Cut Project Tiger Funding for Kaziranga

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty 27/04/2018

Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO heritage site, has the...