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A black garden ant consumes a droplet of nectar secretion from the edge of a herbivore inflicted wound on a leaf of the bittersweet nightshade. Credit: Tobias Lortzing

Some Plants Bleed to Summon Ant Troops

Janaki Lenin 02/05/2016

The bullhorn acacia trees of Mexico and whistling thorn...

India has for long been a breeding ground for mosquitoes and mosquito-carried diseases, and so its authorities should be on the alert for a possible Zika virus invasion in the near future. A mosquito. Credit: turkletom/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

To Fight Zika, Let’s Genetically Modify Mosquitoes – the Old-Fashioned Way

Jeffrey Powell 01/05/2016

Rather than introducing transgenes from other species, why not...

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Pre-Monsoon Showers to Hit Almost Entire Country Starting May 2

The Wire Staff 01/05/2016

Although the showers will hit unevenly, they will have...

An artist's conception of Hitomi in space. Source: JAXA

Japan’s Flagship Astronomy Satellite Declared Lost

The Wire Staff 29/04/2016

The satellite's marks the third failure for JAXA in...

Villagers commute in local boats in a flooded village in the Morigaon district. Credit: PTI

Nearly One Lakh People Affected by Floods in Assam

The Wire Staff 28/04/2016

All India United Democratic Front chief Badruddin Ajmal has...

The PSLV-XL, in its 13th mission and the PSLV's 35th overall, lifts off carrying the IRNSS 1G satellite. Source: ISRO

ISRO Launches Last Piece of India’s Own GPS-Lite

Sandhya Ramesh 28/04/2016

The IRNSS is expected to go live and functional...

A group of lemurs at Colchester Zoo, England. Credit: jans canon/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Lemurs Lost and Found: New Species Discovered but the Primates Face Extinction

Vrushal Pendharkar 28/04/2016

Each new species contributes another piece to the puzzle...