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Indian Science Institutes’ Curious Penchant for Gendered Hostels

Sayantan Datta 20/09/2022

Gender-segregated hostels exacerbate existing biases, sexualise friendships and are...

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Podcast | In Kannada: Experienced Ants Lead and Teach, Naïve Ants Follow and Learn

Kollegala Sharma and Raghavendra Gadagkar 08/12/2020

Kollegala Sharma and his team will convert editions of...

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More Fun Than Fun: Experienced Ants Lead and Teach, Naïve Ants Follow and Learn

Raghavendra Gadagkar 25/11/2020

Many ants, especially those that live in small colonies,...

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IISER Kolkata Suspends Scholars in Row Over COVID-19 Tests on Campus

Himadri Ghosh 20/11/2020

One student said IISER Kolkata has been "mishandling" its...

FILE PHOTO: NASA image of a medium-sized (M2) solar flare and a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the same, large active region of the sun

Planet-Sized Sunspot Confirms New Solar Cycle – but Don’t Expect ‘Killer’ Flares

The Wire Staff 10/08/2020

One cluster of sunspots called AR2770 has prompted some...

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As the Lockdown Dawned, Research in India’s Labs Ground to a Halt

T.V. Padma 02/04/2020

Experiments involving long-term biological processes and research requiring teamwork...

Kiran Bedi, om chanting, NASA, IISER Kolkata, TIFR Mumbai, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Centre of Excellence in Space Sciences India, Dopplergram, Global Oscillation Network Group, helioseismology, solar astrophysics, Parker solar probe, pseudoscience, Bharatiya Janata Party, convection zone, plasma,

Forget Kiran Bedi’s Om Video – This Is How Scientists Study the Sun’s Sound

The Wire Staff 05/01/2020

While other commentators took Bedi’s claim to the cleaners,...