Month: January 2019

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Addressing the Silence Around Delhi’s Sound Pollution

Aparna Balachandran 22/01/2019

The high level of noise impacts hearing, but has...

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Is ISRO Working on Three Reusable Rocket Designs at Once?

Vasudevan Mukunth 22/01/2019

ISRO's recent announcements suggest it wants to secure a...

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Consider Expanding Scope of Volkswagen Case to Other Car Makers: SC to NGT

Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Volkswagen, said...

Scientist He Jiankui attends the International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, China November 28, 2018. Credit: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo

Chinese Scientist Who Made Gene-Edited Babies Evaded Oversight to Seek Fame: Report

Christian Shepherd 21/01/2019

The safety and efficacy of the technologies scientist He...

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Public Healthcare Facilities to Be Handed Over to Private Sector in Gujarat, Punjab

The Wire Staff 21/01/2019

The Punjab government is handing over “constructed and furnished”...

The auditorium at University of Göttingen today. Credit: Daniel Schwen/Wikimedia, CC BY-SA

How One German City Developed – and Then Lost – Generations of Math Geniuses

David Gunderman 21/01/2019

Anti-Semitism brought down one of the world's greatest centres...

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Three Out-Of-The-Box Policy Ideas to Clean up India’s Toxic Air

Siddharth Goel 21/01/2019

Market-based solutions instead of command-and-control regulation could allow economic...