Month: July 2019

View of the Milky Way from an area of Puyehue National Park near Osorno City

Milky Way Merged with Dwarf Galaxy in Major Cosmic Crash, Finds Study

The crash between the Milky Way and a dwarf...

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Why Tweeting About ISRO’s Success Is a Distraction

Arup Dasgupta 24/07/2019

ISRO has demonstrated the usefulness of space applications time...

A Komodo Dragon is seen in Komodo National Park

Indonesia to Close Island in Bid to Save Komodo Dragons

Tabita Diela 23/07/2019

Closing the island to tourists aims to avert interference...

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Assam Grapples With Japanese Encephalitis, Death Toll Reaches 101

The Wire Staff 23/07/2019

Several districts from Assam, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur...

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Watching ‘The Lion King’ as a Cat Biologist

Alexander Richard Braczkowski 23/07/2019

Although the story of The Lion King is ultimately...

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Forest Rights Act: Schoolchildren Understand Coexistence, Why Can’t SC?

Nithila Baskaran, Shiv Ganesh and Kashika Sharma 23/07/2019

On the eve of a Supreme Court hearing on a...

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Allegations of Bullying and Gender Bias Surface in Swiss Academic Science

Thomas Lewton and Alice McCool 23/07/2019

Astrophysicist Marcella Carollo and others argue that women in...