Year: 2018

Members of AISA and JNUSU shouting slogans during their protest in New Delhi. Credit: PTI

Statement: About Time Indian Science Woke up to Shifting Social Realities

Various Members, JNU 26/03/2018

"While there has been serious reflection with the gender...

The Denisovan pinky bone fragment discovered in the Altai mountains, Siberia. Credit: Thilo Parg/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0

Early Humans Mated With the Neanderthals’ Enigmatic Cousins. Twice.

Sruti Ramesh 26/03/2018

A new study has found that ancient human populations...

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RTI Activist Group Alleges Fudging of Rhino Census Data

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty 26/03/2018

Swaraj Asom has punched holes into a rhino census...

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India Needs to See Space Is Not Just About Engineering and Strategy

Narayan Prasad 26/03/2018

Space is not only for engineers and scientists. The...

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Was the Death of the Last Male Northern White Rhino the End of a Hoax?

Janaki Lenin 25/03/2018

More than an icon for a species or subspecies...

An Archaeopteryx fossil from the Jurassic period. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Archaeopteryx May Have Flown in Short Bursts, Like Modern Day Pheasants

Ronak Gupta 24/03/2018

Reconstructing Archaeopteryx bones using X Rays, researchers observed bone...

Steve (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement). Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre/ Flickr

Citizen Scientists Help Identify a New Type of Aurora

Nathan Case 24/03/2018

In a first, amateur aurora chasers brought Steve, a...