Month: June 2018

A ribbon diagram of a fragment of Trastuzumab, a monoclonal antibody used to treat breast cancer through chemotherapy. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Some Women With Breast Cancer May Be Spared Chemo – but There’s a Catch

Radhika Nair 28/06/2018

There are legitimate concerns left to be addressed by...

US President Donald Trump reacts next to Vice President Mike Pence after signing a national space policy directive during a meeting of the National Space Council in the East Room of the White House in Washington, US, June 18, 2018. Credit: Reuters/Leah Millis

Donald Trump’s Space Force and the Dangerous Militarisation of Outer Space

Gbenga Oduntan 28/06/2018

Trump's new policy could lead to the militarisation of...

A H-IIA rocket carrying Hayabusa 2 space probe blasts off from the launching pad at Tanegashima Space Center on the Japanese southwestern island of Tanegashima, in this photo taken by Kyodo December 3, 2014. Credit: Kyodo via Reuters/File Photo

Japanese Probe Arrives at Asteroid Ryugu After 3.5-Year Journey

Elaine Lies 27/06/2018

Hayabusa 2, named for the peregrine falcon, will spend...

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Under Ahmedabad’s Mounting Garbage, It’s the Migrant Worker Who Is Crumbling

Goutam Kumar Mahanty and Sangeeth Sugathan 27/06/2018

Migrant workers who fuel Gujarat’s growth story face the...

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NBCC Should Consider Redrawing Plans Before Felling Trees in South Delhi

Tara Kartha 27/06/2018

Even as the environment ministry is busy rooting out...

Two palm trees on a hazy Delhi day, with a metro station visible in the distance. Credit: felixdance/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

For Its Great Air Quality, Delhi Should Never Have Thought of Cutting Trees

T.V. Padma 27/06/2018

Many of the trees slated to be cut are...

Credit: Arpita Singh and Mayank Chawla

What Makes Manholes So Lethal?

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/06/2018

Without safety equipment, workers inside manholes are exposed to...