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Geoengineering: Should India Tread Carefully or Go Full Steam Ahead?

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What Does the ‘Statue of Unity’ Have That Scientists and Research Don’t?

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Research Scholars Forced to Leave Labs and Hit the Streets Again for Funds

Vigyan Jyoti’s aim is to arrange for girl students of classes 9, 10 and 11 meet women scientists. Representative image. Credit: mesterjagels/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

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India’s First Robotic Telescope Opens Its Eyes to the Universe

Like all crafts that have presented unique rewards to their practitioners, the hope is that young scientists will use the initial prompt to measure their own research against benefits to society to, in time, enjoy writing about human knowledge for its own sake. Credit: Annie Spratt/Unsplash

Success of New Scheme to Get Scientists to Write More Needs Community Effort