Month: March 2019

Robert DePalma, dinosaur fossils, scientific journals, embargo period, The New Yorker, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, K-Pg boundary, KT boundary, dinosaur extinction, Chicxulub crater, Yucatan Peninsula, Brian Switek, Katherine Crocker, indigenous people, science as performance, palaeontology, preprint papers,

New Yorker’s Dino Fossils Profile Features Pitfalls of ‘Science as Performance’

Vasudevan Mukunth 30/03/2019

As if wary of being outdone by the science...

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The Subtle Seduction of the ‘Warm’ in Global Warming

Julia Sklar 30/03/2019

Could our collective preference for balmy weather be lulling...

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Consultations on Human Infection Studies in India: Do People’s Voices Really Count?

Sandhya Srinivasan and Veena Johari 29/03/2019

In order to effectively introduce the Controlled Human Infection...

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Former NSA Shivshankar Menon Says DRDO Head Never Sought Permission for ASAT Test

Siddharth Varadarajan 29/03/2019

"This is the first I have ever heard of...

botanical art, KS Manilal, Hortus Malabaricus Indicus, Marg magazine, colonial India, top news, headlines, science news, Ars Botanica, Mulk Raj Anand, Ebba Koch, Mughal architecture, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Le Jardin de Lorixa, botany, plant paintings,

A Journey Through Botanical Art in Colonial India – and Beauty

Usha Raman 29/03/2019

While photography has to some extent displaced painting and...

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India’s ASAT Test: US Highlights Shared Interests, Mutes Concern Over Space Debris

The Wire Staff 28/03/2019

Though acting defence secretary Patrick Shanahan brought up the...

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Medical Device Manufacturers Call for Patient Protection in Manifestoes

Biraj Swain 28/03/2019

After civil society organizations, medical device manufacturers echo the...