Month: August 2018

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When a Whale Blows Its Snot Out, Scientists Offer It a Drone, Not a Kerchief

Ronak Gupta 02/08/2018

Get past the retch-provoking slimy goo horror and you'll...

World Health Organization workers prepare a centre for vaccination in the port city of Mbandaka

New Ebola Outbreak Declared in DRC a Week After Previous One Was Declared over

Reuters 01/08/2018

Twenty people have died from hemorrhagic fevers in Congo...

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Scientists Ask President to Intervene in Controversial ISRO Bigwig Transfer

The Wire Staff 01/08/2018

One of K. Sivan's first moves as ISRO chairman...

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Fourteen More Die in Uttar Pradesh Rains, Toll Increases to 106

Chief minister Adityanath has directed officials to provide immediate...

This computer-generated view depicts part of Mars at the boundary between darkness and daylight, with an area including Gale Crater beginning to catch morning light

How to Grow Crops on Mars If We Are to Live on the Red Planet

Briardo Llorente 01/08/2018

It is common knowledge that scientists have been preparing...

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Saying That We Aren’t Exceeding Earth’s Carrying Capacity Is Wishful Thinking

Richard Heinberg 01/08/2018

Ted Nordhaus, co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute, has a...

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Why Institutions of Eminence Should Be Set up at the State-Level

Dheeraj Sanghi 01/08/2018

If 20 states declare five private universities each as...