Month: April 2018

Composite image showing the discovery of the most distant known star, Icarus. Credit: NASA/ESA/P Kelly(University of Minnesota)

Hubble Telescope Detects The Farthest Individual Star Ever

The Wire Staff 04/04/2018

A rare cosmic alignment led to the detection of...

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As Sterlite Plant Expands, a City Erupts in Protest

Lois Sofia 04/04/2018

For the people of Thoothukudi, the story of Sterlite...

Dried-out branches are seen amongst caked mud at Theewaterskloof dam near Cape Town, South Africa in January, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Mike Hutchings/Files

Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ Pushed Back to 2019 as Dams Fill Up in South Africa

Ed Stoddard 04/04/2018

The city of Cape Town announced that the day...

The mummified skeleton of Ata. Credit: Emery Smith

‘Alien’ Chilean Skeleton ‘Ata’ Was a Stillborn Human Baby: Study

The Wire Staff 04/04/2018

Chilean scientists have claimed that the recent study was...

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CSIR Lab Working on Developing Malaria Vaccine

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan 03/04/2018

The team, led by Puran Sijwali, looks to target...

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Towards a Less Xenophobic Appreciation of India’s ‘Ancient Knowledge’

C.P. Rajendran 03/04/2018

Once we appreciate that India was one among a...

The area in South Kenya where the large crack recently appeared. Credit: Google Earth. Data SIO, NOAA, US Navy, NGA, GEBCO

Large Crack in East Africa Evidence of the Continent Splitting Into Two

Lucia Perez Diaz 03/04/2018

Though the appearance of the crack and other seismic...