Month: February 2019

IIT Madras, science science, liberal arts, humanities, IIT Madras, National Education Test, senior research fellowship, junior research fellowship, MHRD, University Grants Commission, Department of Science and Technology, ATREE, Hyderabad Central University, March for Science, PhD scholars, stipend hike, K VijayRaghavan,

With All Eyes on Science, Social Science Scholars Flounder With Even Less Money

Thomas Manuel and Srividya Tadepalli 12/02/2019

In the PhD scholars' stipend hike protests rocking the...

Mount Kailash, Himalaya, Greater Himalaya, Gangdese Shan, Tethyan Himalaya, Indus-Tsanpo Suture, Miocene epoch, Eocene epoch, Siwalik range, fission track dating, argon-argon dating, radiometric dating, Kailash Formation, Kailash basin, Gangdese batholith,

Is Mt Kailash the Oldest Mountain in the Himalaya?

Suvrat Kher 12/02/2019

The southern margin of the Asian continent was elevated...

robotics, evolution, David Hu, Atlas Boston Dynamics, Simone Biles, book review, How to walk on water and climb up walls, MIT, water striders, wombats, animal kingdom, cockroaches,

Review: A Book on Robotics That’s Really About How Evolution Does It Better

Ronak Gupta 12/02/2019

David Hu's is a world of constant wonder that...

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Smoking, Consuming Alcohol During Pregnancy Could Cause Facial Deformities

Payal Banerjee 11/02/2019

In India, even though national epidemiological data is not...

pesticides

Ground Report: What Farmers Had to Say About Modi Govt’s Income Support Scheme

Kabir Agarwal 11/02/2019

Rs 6,000 per year is barely enough to cover...

Wailing family members of illicit liquor victims in Mumbai

Nine Words That Can Reduce the Deadly Toll of Liquor Tragedies

James Manor 11/02/2019

It is a matter of urgency that doctors and...

Rom Whitaker, snake man of India, noise pollution, light pollution, olfactory pollution, smell pollution, sonar, whale beaching, land use change, biodiversity decline, chemical pollution, air pollution, turtle friendly lighting, olive ridley turtles, mass hatching, climate change, great tits, chaffinches, whale beaching, pilot whale, Cuiver's beaked whales,

Sensing Change: How Sound, Light and Smell Can Affect Plants and Animals

Kartik Shanker 11/02/2019

A complaint by 'snake man' Rom Whitaker last week...