Year: 2018

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Health Care Is an Essential Human Right – and so Is a Proper Diagnosis

Madhukar Pai 20/05/2018

Countries globally should adopt and adapt the World Health...

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Disease That Decimated UK’s Garden Birds Now Found in Mynas in Pakistan

Rashmi Bhat 20/05/2018

Take a parasite known to have wiped out 1.5...

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The Risk of Labelling Coffee a Carcinogen When Science Doesn’t

David Ropeik 20/05/2018

There is a universe of difference between something that...

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India’s Bureaucracy Needs to Do More for Forest Dwellers

Sanjiv Phansalkar 20/05/2018

The country’s particularly vulnerable tribal groups have been slowly...

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India a ‘Hotspot’ of Freshwater Overuse, Satellite Data Says

A NASA report noted that groundwater extraction for irrigation...

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Glowing Algae off Mumbai’s Shores Could Be Due to Climate Change

The Wire Staff 19/05/2018

Algae can paralyse fish, clog their gills and absorb...

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Spaceport America: New Mexico’s Protracted Hope for a Revived Economy

Maggie Grimason 18/05/2018

Just over a decade ago, Spaceport America promised great...