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FILE PHOTO: American biologist E.O. Wilson poses for a portrait in Lexington

E.O. Wilson, Naturalist Dubbed a ‘Modern-Day Darwin’, Dies at 92

Bill Trott 27/12/2021

Wilson was considered one of the world's leading authorities...

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Genome-Sequencing: How Researchers Identify Omicron and Other CoV Variants

Andre Hudson and Crista Wadsworth 27/12/2021

Since the late 1990s, next-generation sequencing has revolutionised how...

FILE PHOTO: COVID-19 vaccination in New Delhi

Covaxin Trials Investigator Calls Vaccine for Children ‘Unscientific’

Dr Sanjai Rai, an epidemiologist at AIIMS Delhi, said...

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10 Questions the Indian Govt Must Answer About Vaccines for Minors and Boosters

Vasudevan Mukunth 26/12/2021

Q3: Did the Indian government wait to change its...

A medical worker tends to a patient suffering from COVID-19, inside the ICU ward at Holy Family Hospital in New Delhi

As Govt Remains Confused About EWS Quota, Overworked Docs Continue Protests

Banjot Kaur 26/12/2021

While the health ministry and the protestors are on...

FILE PHOTO: COVID-19 vaccination in New Delhi

DCGI Okays Covaxin For Young Adults Aged 12-18 Years, With Some Conditions

Payal Banerjee 25/12/2021

It is the second vaccine to receive the regulator's...

Figure 1. Montane grassland in the northern Western Ghats. Photo - Narendra Patil

A Story of a Wildlife Corridor in the Sahyadri, and Its Peoples and Animals

Narendra Patil 25/12/2021

Securing a wildlife corridor through the Sahyadri-Konkan landscape’s complex...