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Should We Rethink the Way We Evaluate Research?

Shreya Ghosh 25/07/2018

In response to criticism of institutional policies for hiring...

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‘Amazing Dragon’ Fossils Rewrite History of Long-Necked Dinosaurs

Will Dunham 25/07/2018

Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of Lingwulong shenqi,...

Mukesh Ambani at a Reliance Jio event. Credit: PTI/Files

After UGC, Expert Committee Also Disappoints in Selecting Institutions of Eminence

Pushkar 24/07/2018

The government's Empowered Experts Committee has not displayed good...

An ongoing cave expedition in Meghalaya. The stalagmite that contained stratigraphic evidence of the purported Meghalayan event was found in the Krem Mawmluh cave, Meghalaya. Credit: Biospeleologist/Wikimedia Commons, GNU Free Documentation

Is the Meghalayan Event a Tipping Point in Geology?

C.P. Rajendran 23/07/2018

Last week, the International Commission on Stratigraphy approved an...

Crytals of 99.999% gallium. Credit: foobar/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Graceful, and Graceless, Pursuits of Peace in the Quantum World

Vasudevan Mukunth 22/07/2018

There is a fragility among quantum states that makes...

A life recreation of the newly discovered armored dinosaur named Zuul crurivastator from northern Montana seen in this illustration provided by the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto

Spiky Tank-Like Dinosaur Discovered in Utah

Reuters 20/07/2018

The dinosaur was a member of a group called Ankylosaurs,...

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‘Pay, Publish, Profit’ Mode of Academic Research Still Thriving, Investigation Finds

The Wire Staff 20/07/2018

Over 300 'predatory journals' were found to be thriving...