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Will Bangladesh and India turn the Sundarbans into a Busy Shipping Lane?

Mohammad Arju 11/09/2016

The continuous, manifold increase in international, regional and inland...

A GSLV-MkII rocket right outside the vehicle assembly building at SHAR, Sriharikota. Credit: ISRO

ISRO Planning At Least Two GSLV-MkII Launches Every Year

"Our intent is to launch two-three GSLV-MkII missions every...

A paper-made centrifuge, called a paperfuge, could replace the more conventional and sophisticated centrifuge (shown) at remote points of healthcare. Credit: uclmaps/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Meet Paperfuge, the Biomedical Centrifuge Inspired By a Toy

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 09/09/2016

The paperfuge can generate a force 30,000-times that of...

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Deforestation Reducing Monsoon Rainfall in India: New Study

Shreya Dasgupta 09/09/2016

Studies show that a combination of factors has weakened...

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft lifts off on from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

NASA Launches its First Probe to Collect Asteroid Samples

Irene Klotz 09/09/2016

Scientists believe asteroids and comets crashing into early Earth...

An aedes aegypti mosquito is seen inside Oxitec laboratory in Campinas, Brazil, February 2, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Paulo Whitaker

Why You Might Have to Doubly Beware Zika if You’ve Already Had Dengue

Neelakshi Varma 08/09/2016

With grave repercussions for India, a recent study suggests...

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How Does LSD Induce Short-Term Psychosis but Long-Term Optimism?

Rachel Jonas 08/09/2016

A 2016 study from Imperial College London showed that...