The Sciences

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How We’re Probing the Secrets of a Giant Black Hole at Our Galaxy’s Centre

Imogen Whittam 26/12/2018

A black hole is an object with such a...

Strange: Big Dinosaur Predator From Italy Was Given a Burial at Sea

Reuters 20/12/2018

After dying, the Saltriovenator's carcass somehow floated into the...

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Should GM Crops Feature in the ‘Evergreen Revolution’ India Dearly Needs?

K. VijayRaghavan and M.S. Swaminathan 19/12/2018

K. VijayRaghavan, principal scientific adviser to the Government of...

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China’s Scientific Community Confronts ‘Rogue Science’

Lili Pike 19/12/2018

Fears are growing in China over the lack of...

#MeToo, Bayesian cascade, feminism, gender bias, gendered knowledge, information cascade, Internal Complaints Committee, patriarchy, recommendation letters, research family balance, stereotypes, women in science, women in STEM, astronomy,

A Sexism Less Noticed: In Academic Recommendation Letters

Aswin Sekhar 17/12/2018

Most of academia is highly competitive and near-misses are...

solar geoengineering, geoengineering, Kyoto Protocol, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, Mount Pinatubo, Indian Institute of Science, CEEW, Environment (Protection) Act 1986, Environmental Impact Assessment, sulphate aerosols, Anthropocene poch, COP24, Katowice, southwest monsoon, northeast monsoon, Department of Science and Technology

Geoengineering: Should India Tread Carefully or Go Full Steam Ahead?

Surat Parvatam 16/12/2018

Solar geoengineering doesn’t help reduce carbon emissions, and is...

termites, methane, greenhouse gases, methanotrophic bacteria, methane, global warming, soil nutrients, gas exchange, argon, difluoromethane, carbon-12, carbon-13, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Darwin, pests,

Termite Mounds Filter the Methane Their Termites Produce

Lalitha Krishnan 14/12/2018

An experiment revealed that more methane was going into...