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DNA distribution. Credit: igemhq/Flickr, CC BY 2.0.

How the Committee That Drafted the DNA Bill Ignored a Note of Dissent

Usha Ramanathan 26/07/2015

The following is the note of dissent submitted by...

The SECMOL structure. Source: SECMOL

Take a Tour of This All-Green School in Ladakh

Sejal Bhat 24/07/2015

With the rising demand for clean energy, SECMOL represents...

The rate of growth in computing power predicted by Gordon Moore (pictured) could be slowing. Credit: Steve Jurvetson/Flickr, CC BY.

Moore’s Law is 50 Years Old but Will it Continue?

Jonathan Borwein and David Bailey 23/07/2015

If Moore’s Law does continue for just two or...

Kinshasa. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Curious Bends – Kinshasa in Danger, a Chinese Collider Larger than LHC, ISRO’s Booklet and More

Akshat Rathi & Vasudevan Mukunth 07/07/2015

Curious Bends is a weekly newsletter curated by science...

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Julian Assange on Google, Surveillance and Predatory Capitalism

John Keane 06/07/2015

“Google pretends it isn’t a company,” says Assange but...

The DigiLocker website's homepage. Source: Screengrab

Petition Asks Why Aadhar Is a Must to Unlock Modi’s DigiLocker

Vasudevan Mukunth 04/07/2015

DigiLocker provides each user with 10 MB of storage...

Soldiers of the Indian Army during a practice drill. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Get Wired 30/6: Tawde in Scam, Lack of Bulletproof Vests, Priyanka’s Land Deal, and More

The Wire Staff 30/06/2015

Enforcement Directorate officials sent to Singapore on Lalit Modi’s...