Month: August 2018

Though a drinking habit is very common, what people consider a standard drink to be varies widely. Credit: Wil Stewart/Unsplash

Alcohol at Any Level Is Injurious to Health

K.S. Parthasarathy 27/08/2018

A large new study has said that every level...

For science communication to be undertaken in earnest, public institutions must employ a realistic definition of ‘the public’, in particular one that accounts for and caters to people across caste lines and socioeconomic status. Representative image. Credit: IISc

Science Outreach Is Great but Scientists Must Consider Who They’re Reaching

Madhusudhan Raman 26/08/2018

Scientific outreach is now seen as a responsibility that...

The Taj Mahal up close. Credit: jaymis/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

What’s the Taj Mahal’s Actual Colour? ASI Has a Dubious Way to Find Out

Sarah Iqbal 26/08/2018

The culture minister has said original photographs of the...

FILE PHOTO: A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California

Centre to Form State Committees to Investigate Johnson & Johnson’s ‘Faulty’ Hip Implants

The state committees will look into patients' complaints after...

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In Times of Disaster, the Reinventing of a People

N.P. Ashley 26/08/2018

The handling of the Kerala floods has “Keralite” written...

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Gasping for Air in India’s Industrial North

Gayathri Vaidyanathan 26/08/2018

Patna's PM2.5 levels are sometimes higher than 60-times the...

A woman works in a field of mustard. Credit: Reuters

Time for India to Set up a Framework to Use Gene-Editing Tech in Its Farms

Shambhavi Naik 25/08/2018

If India classifies genetic editing as gene modification, we...