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On the 150th Anniversary of the Periodic Table: What It Could’ve Looked Like

Mark Lorch 03/01/2019

Contrary to popular belief, the periodic table didn’t actually...

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What Is the Rationalist’s Way to Frame an Argument?

S.K. Arun Murthi 03/01/2019

It is certainly not K.S. Bhagwan's way.

IIIT Delhi, University Grants Commission, academic performance indicators, HECI Act 2018, plagiarism, fake journals, predatory journals, Prakash Javadekar,

Why India’s Best Universities Must Hire More Teachers

Pushkar 02/01/2019

India’s best universities need a mix of both teaching-...

Arabsat 6A, Ariane 5, Chang’e 4, Chang’e 5, CHEOPS satellite, cubesats, electric propulsion, Electron rocket, European Space Agency, Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, GISAT 1 satellite, GSLV, Hayabusa 2, Indian Space Research Organisation – ISRO, lunar regolith, NASA, New Horizons, PSLV, rocket lab, sample return mission, small satellites, smallsats, SpaceIL, SpaceX, sslv, Ultima Thule, Vector-R rocket, von Kármán crater

The Major Indian and International Space Missions to Look Out for in 2019

Jatan Mehta 01/01/2019

2018 was an incredible year for spaceflight with over...

special theory of relativity, Albert Einstein, NASA New Horizons, Ultima Thule, spacecraft event time, UTC time, speed of light, quantum mechanics, entangled time, second law of thermodynamics, mathematics, entropy, Big Bang, arrow of time, time travel, troposphere, galactic years,

After Another Year, Finding Solace in Our Subjective Experience of Time

Vasudevan Mukunth 31/12/2018

Of what value is an 8 am on a...

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The Wire’s Top 10 Science Stories of 2018

The Wire Staff 30/12/2018

The following 10 articles were SciWi's most read in...

geoengineering, solar radiation management, stratospheric aerosol injection, carbon dioxide, carbon dioxide removal, climate geoengineering, GeoMIPs, IPCC Special Report, 1.5º C, 1.5 degrees celsius, Harvard University, UN General Assembly

India Should Demand International, Political Oversight for Geoengineering R&D

Prakash Kashwan 28/12/2018

Some ‘high-level’ scientific pronouncements have assumed stewardship of climate...