The Sciences

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Turning Scientists Into Politicians

Michael Schulson, Undark Magazine 02/04/2018

The group 314 Action seeks to get more scientists...

A large southern African python. Source: Author provided

If You’re a Southern African Python, Being a ‘Good’ Mum Could Get You Killed

Janaki Lenin 01/04/2018

Of the approximately 3,400 species of snakes, not even...

Vaiko, party leader of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Credit: PTI

Party Member Attempts Self-Immolation Against Proposed Neutrino Project

The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change had...

A view of the Venus reconstructed from radar images that Magellan took between 1990 and 1994. Credit: NASA/JPL/USGS

What Tectonics on Venus Can Tell Us About How the Planet Was Formed

The Wire Staff 30/03/2018

There is new evidence that a natural feature unique...

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A Billion Candles: Is There an Indian Way of Doing Science?

Mukund Thattai 30/03/2018

Mukund Thattai examines the steady growth of the All...

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‘Why I’m Quitting GMO Research’

Devang Mehta 29/03/2018

Constantly confronting people who think my research will harm...

The galaxy named NGC 1052-DF2 is called a 'see-through' galaxy because it's missing most, if not all, of its dark matter. Credit: Reuters

Counterintuitive: Galaxy Without Dark Matter Asserts Dark Matter Is Real

Reuters 29/03/2018

Astronomers have discovered a sparsely populated galaxy devoid of...