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The untreated effluents, especially from textile dyeing units, that Drain Number 2 carries from Panipat to the Yamuna upstream of Delhi. Credit: Dilip Banerjee/thethirdpole.net.

Panipat Dyes Poison Delhi Waters

Juhi Chaudhary 24/05/2016

High levels of ammonia released by industrial plants in...

An artist's depiction of the exoplanets around Kepler-223 in an 8:6:4:3 resonance. Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Cosmic Dance: A Look Into Our Past By Looking At A Neighbour

Sandhya Ramesh 23/05/2016

A study of the older Kepler-223 system offers clues...

The Panama isthmus. Credit: stockmdm/shutterstock

How Events in Panama Created the Modern World (Millions of Years Ago)

Alex Farnsworth and Emma Stone 23/05/2016

It’s a great example of how geography and climate...

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State Boards to Stay Out of NEET Ambit This Year

The government has approved the promulgation of an ordinance...

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Listen: Tick-tock, Tick-tock, Say Hello To the Doomsday Clock

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 18/05/2016

Meet the 15 people whose job it is to...

Research on animals like the Black Sparrowhawk, using biomarkers, can help map how urbanisation affects animals. Credit: David Berliner/Flickr

How Rapid Urbanisation is Changing the Profile of Wildlife in Cities

Caroline Isaksson and Petra Sumasgutner 18/05/2016

Urbanisation is a new selective force that is changing...

A potential meal stimulates the touch-sensitive trigger hairs inside a Venus flytrap. Credit: Soenke Scherzer

Inside the Plant That Eats Its Enemies

Janaki Lenin 18/05/2016

How does a plant digest its prey? What molecular...