Year: 2018

The Andaman Islands. Credit: Venkatesh K/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

The Trials and Tribulations of the Andaman Fisheries

Vardhan Patankar 18/05/2018

In a time of dwindling stock, why are Andaman...

A peregrine falcon turns in the air… Credit: peterichman/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why Does the Peregrine Falcon Risk Its Bullet-Like Dives to Catch Prey?

Ronak Gupta 18/05/2018

The bird is a marvel of evolution, a gifted...

Jantar Mantar, Delhi. Credit: journyes/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Archaeological Survey Bears the Beleaguered Face of Indian Heritage

C.P. Rajendran 18/05/2018

The ASI finds itself strangulated by a majoritarian preference...

The first batch of 4,000 experimental Ebola vaccines to combat an outbreak is loaded into a fridge as it arrives at the airport in Kinshasa

Congo: ‘New Phase’ of Ebola, Virus Enters Urban City Mbandaka

Reuters 17/05/2018

Supplies sent to Congo by the World Health Organisation...

The woods of Jageshwar in the Kumaon range of Uttarakhand. Credit: rungta/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Let’s Not Wait for a Silent Spring in the Kumaon Himalayas

Ghazala Shahabuddin 17/05/2018

Ghazala Shahabuddin describes her and her peers' efforts to understand...

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Scientific Fraudsters Frequently Slip Through the Cracks to Repeat the Offence

Alison McCook 17/05/2018

Balancing due process with the academic community’s right to...

Should Women Really Consider Uterus Transplants?

Should Women Really Consider Uterus Transplants?

Sharrona Pearl 17/05/2018

Womb transplants, unlike surrogacy, give women with uterine factor...