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COP21 Diary: The Thrill and the Challenge of Collective Action

Anjali Vaidya 07/12/2015

Paris: I am lying on the ground with my face...

The plenary hall 'Seine' at COP21. Credit: franceecologieenergie/Flickr.

Paris Package Gets Green Light from 196 Nations

Nitin Sethi 06/12/2015

The arguments over the week had been bitter and...

The bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the cause of TB. Credit: niaid/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

India Splutters Against TB as New Challenges Erupt Worldwide

Aarti Dhar 06/12/2015

TB causes more worry in prisons and zoonotic transmissions....

A view of Rashtrapati Bhavan enveloped in a blanket of smog, caused by a mixture of pollution and fog, in New Delhi in November 2012. Credit: PTI

Fewer People Have Died in the Last 5 Years Due to Natural Calamities

Devanik Saha 05/12/2015

Lives lost due to natural disasters reduced by 20%...

The Usman Road flyover, descending onto South Usman road. It connects two points on the same line but has resulted in severe congestion on normal days beneath it. Credit: Chennai Corporation

#ChennaiRains Changes Everything

Vasudevan Mukunth 03/12/2015

Even if it’s the sole silver-lining, focusing on the...

Jeff Bezos. Source: Blue Origins

Why Has Jeff Bezos Joined the Space Race?

Loizos Heracleous 02/12/2015

Today’s space race is less of a competition with...

Screengrab from a YouTube video that accompanied Sooam's promotional campaign to have people clone their dead pets.

Many Tensions at Play as Chinese Cattle-cloning Factory Takes Shape

Nandita Jayaraj 02/12/2015

Last week's announcement that the world’s biggest cloning factory...