Month: September 2018

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Puerto Rico Has Still Not Recovered From Hurricane Maria

Lauren Lluveras 20/09/2018

It's been one year since a Category 4 storm...

TESS, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, is shown in this conceptual illustration. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/Handout via Reuters/Files

Where Does India’s First Exoplanet Discovery Fit In?

Jatan Mehta 20/09/2018

It is important to remember that K2-236b was discovered...

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Fraction of PhD Students Has Been Mostly Constant, and Low, in Last Decade

Pushkar 20/09/2018

A relatively low number of PhDs will hurt the...

Jet Airways Passengers Suffer Nose Bleeding as Crew ‘Fails to Control Cabin Pressure’

Jet Airways Passengers Suffer Nose Bleeding as Crew ‘Fails to Control Cabin Pressure’

Television footage of a video apparently taken by a...

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The World Needs More Swamps to Fight Climate Change

William Moomaw, Gillian Davies and Max Finlayson 20/09/2018

Wetlands are some of the world's most undervalued weapons...

The University of Hyderabad (HCU). Credit: University of Hyderabad

Seeking More Funds, University of Hyderabad Charges Students for Lab Water

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/09/2018

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds will be the primary victims...

The location of Lakhwar dam. Source: Google Maps

In the Wake of Kerala Floods, the Jury Is Still out on the Dams’ Guilt

Neha Sinha 19/09/2018

While we are still struggling to understand the environmental...