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On Goa's coast. Credit: jo_stafford/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Inept Regulation Matches Speedy Clearances in India’s Coastal Zone Management

T.V. Padma 17/09/2015

Tardy progress in regulation or conservation of coastlines on...

A newborn Australian pot-bellied seahorse emerges from its fathers pouch Credit: Rudie Kuiter, Aquatic Photographics

No Absentee Fathers Among Seahorses

Janaki Lenin 14/09/2015

The ones left holding the babies among seahorses, pipefishes,...

Andreas Mogensen, Aidyn Aimbetov and Gennady Padalka rest outside their spacecraft and are surrounded by support personnel after landing. Credit: NASA

Record-breaking Astronauts Return to Earth – Taking Us One Step Closer to Mars

Chris Arridge 13/09/2015

The crew of Expedition 44 have taught us plenty...

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This Doctor is Looking Into How Your Eyes Could Cheat You Into Feeling Pain

Bryn Nelson 13/09/2015

Some people suffer eye pain so excruciating they feel...

Gujarat's chief minister Narendra Modi speaks during the "Vibrant Gujarat Summit" at Gandhinagar in the western Indian state of Gujarat January 12, 2013. Fresh off his re-election as chief minister of Gujarat and amid expectations he could contend to be the next prime minister, Modi avoided talk of a bigger political future during a state investment event. REUTERS/Amit Dave

Visit the Tragedy Site, Bhopal Gas Survivors Tell Modi

Aarti Dhar 08/09/2015

Narendra Modi makes his first visit to Bhopal as...

Pi? Credit: beckstei/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Listen: The Infinite Beauty of Pi

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 08/09/2015

A fascinating number that crops up everywhere in our...

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Despite Conflict of Interest, Tobacco Barons Remain in Key Parliament Committee

Aarti Dhar 07/09/2015

New Delhi: Despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recommendation that...