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Olive ridley hatchlings finding their way back to sea at Versova beach. Credit: Virat A Singh/ Twitter

Olive Ridley Turtles Make a Comeback on Mumbai’s Versova Beach

Sarah Iqbal 30/03/2018

The reappearance of these turtle hatchlings may be related...

Members of AISA and JNUSU shouting slogans during their protest in New Delhi. Credit: PTI

Statement: About Time Indian Science Woke up to Shifting Social Realities

Various Members, JNU 26/03/2018

"While there has been serious reflection with the gender...

The Denisovan pinky bone fragment discovered in the Altai mountains, Siberia. Credit: Thilo Parg/Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0

Early Humans Mated With the Neanderthals’ Enigmatic Cousins. Twice.

Sruti Ramesh 26/03/2018

A new study has found that ancient human populations...

An Archaeopteryx fossil from the Jurassic period. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Archaeopteryx May Have Flown in Short Bursts, Like Modern Day Pheasants

Ronak Gupta 24/03/2018

Reconstructing Archaeopteryx bones using X Rays, researchers observed bone...

Steve (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement). Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre/ Flickr

Citizen Scientists Help Identify a New Type of Aurora

Nathan Case 24/03/2018

In a first, amateur aurora chasers brought Steve, a...

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The Wire Science – Submission Guidelines

The Wire Staff 24/03/2018

For anything related to The Wire Science, write to...

One of the Vanguard satellites in Florida in 1958. Credit: NASA

60 Years in Orbit for ‘Grapefruit Satellite’ – the Oldest Human Object in Space

Alice Gorman 24/03/2018

Vanguard 1, meant to make US the first nation...