Science

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Why Brexit’s Impact on Asian Researchers Is a Matter of Concern

Aswin Sekhar 18/11/2017

If the UK withdraws from the Horizon 2020 programme...

There have been reports of doctors not mentioning dengue on death certificates, even if that was what happened. Credit: StockSnap/pixabay

A Tale of Two Doctors and India’s History of Hiding Its Diseases

Sohini C. 17/11/2017

A Bengal doctor has been suspended after he wrote...

(L-R) Yamuna Krishna, Ananya Jahanara Kabir and Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay. Credit: ISF

Infosys Prizes Announced for Three Women – but That Is Not Enough

Aashima Dogra 17/11/2017

Is it meaningful to be proud that the prize...

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Srimonti Sarkar, an Evolutionary Cell Biologist Fascinated With a Peculiar Microorganism

Nandita Jayaraj 14/11/2017

Cell biologists like Sarkar are fascinated by Giardia, not...

A surrogate parent feeding a Seychelles warbler chick. Credit: Sjouke Kingma

Some Birds Have Babysitters – but Why Are Babysitters Available in the First Place?

Janaki Lenin 14/11/2017

Surrogate parents of unrelated nestlings could forgo food while...

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Answering the Question That Won Me the Ig Nobel Prize: Are Cats Liquid?

Marc-Antoine Fardin 12/11/2017

At the centre of the definition of a liquid...

A flower of the plant Aristolochia indica. Credit: ChanduBandi/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Substance in Birthwort Plant, Staple of Herbal Medicine, Linked to Liver Cancer

Sarah Iqbal 12/11/2017

As a mutagen, aristolochic acid is more potent than...