Science

Work in the Za'atari Refugee Camp. Author provided

Growing Food From Mattresses: What Experts Can Learn From Working in Refugee Camps

Anthony J Ryan 14/12/2017

Limitations improve creativity: we think up solutions we would...

A thylacine with a distended pouch at Adelaide Zoo, 1889. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Tasmanian Tigers Were in Trouble Even Before Humans Came to Australia

Lakshmi Supriya 14/12/2017

A new study of the genes of a long-dead...

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Freelancers Organise to Demand Payment From Beleaguered Nautilus Magazine

Michael Schulson, Undark Magazine 14/12/2017

Nautilus, the luxe online and print magazine covering science...

Lalji Singh with an Indian rock python in 2002. Credit: indianscholarscongress/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Lalji Singh, Considered ‘Father’ of Indian DNA Fingerprinting, No More

Sunderarajan Padmanabhan 13/12/2017

His big break came when G.P. Roy Chowdhury asked...

A Galápagos tortoise with saddleback carapace Credit: Ylenia Chiari

Explained: The Simple Physics of How Tortoises Deal With Turning Turtle

Janaki Lenin 11/12/2017

This is the first study to show various shell...

Dr. Sanju Nanda at her office in early 2017. Credit: Aashima Dogra via The Life of Science

Researcher Sanju Nanda and Her Team are Enhancing Indian Cosmetics

Aashima Dogra 09/12/2017

Sanju believes there is a lot more work to...

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What Is Life Like When Lived With a Very Rare Disorder?

Disha Shetty 09/12/2017

“The industry wouldn't be interested in funding something that...