Month: June 2022

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Why Eradicating Open Defecation Is Not the Same as Setting up New Toilets

Sujeet Kumar 11/06/2022

Many of India’s cities have been declared free of...

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If Plastic Comes From Fossil Fuels, Why Isn’t It Biodegradable?

Yael Vodovotz 11/06/2022

When something that is biodegradable, like a cardboard box,...

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Letter to Ministry: Publicly Disavow Plans To Revive Racial Stereotyping in India

The Wire Staff 11/06/2022

"In terms of the genes that make up individual...

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The Strange Case of India’s ‘First’ Public-Sector Bt Cotton Variety

Meena Menon 11/06/2022

Manjula Maralappanavar has been accused of using genes not...

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Interview: ‘Art Is Yet Another Way of Doing Science’

Joel P. Joseph 10/06/2022

Sukant Saran, a physicist-turned artist, speaks to The Wire...

Climate change activists protest on Wall St in Lower Manhattan during Extinction Rebellion protests in New York City, New York

50 Years of UN Environmental Diplomacy: Remembering the Stockholm Conference

Mihaela Papa 10/06/2022

The UN Conference on the Human Environment marked the...

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Should We Protect Nature for Its Own Sake?

Bradley J. Cardinale 09/06/2022

Earth is losing animals, birds, reptiles and other living...