The Sciences

Thylacinus

A Remembrance Day for Lost Species

P.K. Read, Undark Magazine 28/04/2018

In this modern age of nature disconnect, can a...

gmo

Review: How an Environmentalist Changed His Mind About GMOs

Devang Mehta 28/04/2018

Mark Lynas's 'Seeds of Science' accurately dissects the differences...

We must nurture reason, not faith, in DNA profiling technology to be able to hold the legislature and the executive to standards higher than their own confidence and interests. Credit: NeuPaddy/pixabay

India’s Blind Faith in DNA and Aadhaar Profiling Will Lead to No Good

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/04/2018

Aadhaar and DNA fingerprinting are both ideas worth considering...

Women-Engineering

Tackling Gender Inequality in STEM? Consider Culture, A New Study Says

Cathleen O'Grady, Undark Magazine 27/04/2018

For the numerous organisations dedicated to addressing the problem...

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Want to Track ‘Zero Shadow Days’? There’s (Now) an App for That

Niruj Mohan Ramanujam 27/04/2018

The ZSD app aims to promote school students to...

One of the footprints found on Calvert Island, found to be ~13,000 years old. Credit: Duncan McLaren

North America’s First Immigrants May Have Walked Along the Beach to Go South

Lakshmi Supriya 27/04/2018

Scientists have found 13,000-year-old human footprints on an island...

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A Journey to the Centre of the Cell

Harini Barath 26/04/2018

Scientists from Bengaluru have designed tiny motors that can...