Month: July 2018

Spain’s closest contender is Croatia. Credit: Kyle Bean and Sara Morris for Mosaic

Why Does Spain Lead the World in Organ Donation?

Chris Baraniuk 02/07/2018

More and more people are donating organs, but demand...

A scheme of ‘conserve and use’, if applied correctly, could allow the Aravalli forests to be sustained as a mineral water sanctuary. Credit: meandmyshadow/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

How Far-Fetched Is the Idea of a Perennial Supply of Natural Mineral Water?

Vikram Soni and Aditi Veena 02/07/2018

Using meteorological data and mapping the Aravalli thorn forest...

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NGT Stays Tree Felling for Redevelopment Project in Delhi Till July 19

The plea claimed that planting of saplings at another...

A cursory internet search will reveal that news articles regularly report the value of confiscated wildlife products either in attention-grabbing-in-your-face headlines or in the content. Credit: IanZA/pixabay

The Media’s Disservice to India’s Wildlife That Only It Can Fix

Chaitanya Krishna 02/07/2018

The current practice of reporting the monetary value of...

A total of 244 samples have been tested in Kerala for the Nipah virus so far, of which 18 were positive and 226 negative, the government said.Credit: Reuters

Kerala Govt Declares Kozhikode and Malappuram Districts Nipah Virus Free

The state health minister K.K. Shylaja said, "A decision...

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Listen: Deciphering Emotions and Empathy With a Neuropsychologist

Shruti Muralidhar, Navneet A. Vasistha and Abhishek Chari 02/07/2018

Reema Jayakar thinks humans might be one of the...

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Robbed of a Decent Childhood, India’s Voiceless Children Deserve More

Manabi Majumdar 02/07/2018

An argument in favour of a public solution to...