Year: 2019

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Amid Concerns About Aviation Emissions, Qantas Completes ‘World’s Longest Flight’

The Wire Staff 21/10/2019

The ultra long-range flight from New York to Sydney...

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The Story of the Electron That Was Affected by Fields That Weren’t There

Madhusudhan Raman and Vasudevan Mukunth 21/10/2019

Physicists have reportedly performed an experiment in which they...

A doctor checks for tuberculosis at a health camp. Credit: cdcglobal/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Small Drop in TB Cases in India, but Number of Deaths Rise

The Wire Staff 20/10/2019

India had 2.69 million patients in 2018, a drop...

An artist’s impression of K2-18b, a super-Earth exoplanet whose habitability has been debated by scientists. Photo: NASA/Reuters

How Should Science Journalists Cover Single-Study Stories?

Pallab Ghosh 19/10/2019

There’s value in covering new research advances, even when...

Hyderabad rains, Hyderabad floods, urban flooding, malaria, dengue, chikungunya, mosquitoes, mosquito-borne diseases, Aedes aegypti, Anopheles, Plasmodium parasite, bacterial diseases, viral infection, mice, rats, vermin, mold, public healthcare,

In Their Wake, Floods Leave Puddles of Illnesses Around Hyderabad

G.B.S.N.P. Varma 19/10/2019

"Removing stagnant water in and around the houses and...

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Christina Koch, Jessica Meir Accomplish First Ever All-Woman Spacewalk

Joey Roulette 18/10/2019

The mission, however, is a relatively routine one and...

Thadagam valley, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Hill Area Conservation Authority, sand mining, red sand, brick kilns, migratory corridor, elephants, elephant migration, human-elephant conflict, neurofibroma, bronchogenic carcinoma,

As Rogue Brick Kilns Wreck Thadagam Valley, Activists Hope for Aarey-Like Respite

Sujatha Sivagnanam 18/10/2019

Brick kilns have fractured the land, killed streams, drained...