The Sciences

An aerial view shows a partially submerged road in Kerala, August 2018. Credits: Reuters

New Study Examines Kerala Floods’ Links to Climate Change

Dinesh C. Sharma 28/11/2018

It is based on an analysis of rainfall, temperature...

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Chinese Scientist Apologises for Leak of Baby Gene-Editing Results

Reuters 28/11/2018

He Jiankui, who has claimed to have helped make...

agricultural distress, Azad Maidan, Bundelkhand, climate change, drought, farmer suicide, farmer’s march, global warming, Indian monsoon, Indian Ocean, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Kharif crop, livestock, melting glaciers, northeast monsoon, ocean warming, rabi crop, rising sea level, southwest monsoon, Sunderbans, wheat cultivation,

As Farmers March to Delhi, Climate Change Fuels Their Larger Crisis

Nagraj Adve 28/11/2018

Perhaps we can visualise a farmers’ march 20 years...

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

The Uneasy Alliance Between Astrophysics and Warfare

Mark Wolverton 27/11/2018

In their book 'Accessory to War', Neil deGrasse Tyson...

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Biomedical Papers Are More Transparent and Reproducible Today Than Before

Lakshmi Supriya 27/11/2018

Many efforts are being made to improve scientific research's...

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Baby Gene Editing Is ‘Crazy’, Say Chinese Scientists in Open Letter

Reuters 27/11/2018

The scientists said the use of CRISPR-Cas9 technology to edit the genes...

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Chinese Scientist Claims to Have Helped Make World’s First Gene-Edited Babies

The Wire Staff 26/11/2018

He Jiankui, of the Southern University of Science and...