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A Surprisingly Big Black Hole Might Have Swallowed a Star From the Inside Out

Roberto Soria 01/12/2019

Astronomers using a new technique to hunt black holes...

Keezhadi, Madurai, Sangam era, Sangam literature, Tamil literature, Dravidian languages, Tamil, Tamil language, Indus Valley civlisation, Vasant Shinde, Niraj Rai, archaeogenomics, Archaeological Survey of India, Sivaganga, Madurai, Su Venkatesan, Iron Age, Bharatiya Janata Party, Vedic people, Harappan people, cultural invasion,

Experts Question Dates of Script in Tamil Nadu’s Keeladi Excavation Report

Sukanya Charuchandra 17/10/2019

The doubts throw a spanner, at least for the...

otherness, power differential, women in STEM, peer review, academia, teaching, kindness, benevolent hierarchy, tenure, neuroscience, neurobiology, rationality,

Where Can You Find the Good Place to Do Good Science?

Indira M. Raman 03/10/2019

Informal teaching situations can be the antidote to each...

Vasai-Virar, Maharashtra, bawkhal, hydrogeology, urbanisation, total dissolved solids, pH level, water management, Harit Vasai Sanrakshan Samiti, groundwater, water table, climate change,

The Slow and Steady Struggle to Save the Bawkhal of Vasai-Virar

Sirus J. Libeiro 02/10/2019

How urbanisation and modernity changed the face of a...

Maharashtra, Johny Joseph, National Green Tribunal, biological oxygen demand, water shortage, drought, Devendra Fadnavis, Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan, Marathwada, Maharashtra drought, HM Desarda, wastewater reuse, breweries, distilleries, Jaikwadi dam, Aurangabad, coastal regulation zone, Bombay high court, Maha Janadesh,

In Election Year, Maharashtra Has a Water Shortage and a Solutions Shortage

Amit Ranjan 25/09/2019

A strong test of the chief minister's claims about...

blood test, Birbhum, IIT Kharagpur, haemoglobin, o-toluidine, microfluidics, fabrication, 3D printing, West Bengal, West Midnapore, e-Health, Foundation for Innovations in Health, Bureau of Indian Standards, HemoCue, Drabkin's method, King's College London, health news,

IIT Kharagpur Team Devises One-Rupee Test to Measure Haemoglobin Levels

Sangya Chatterjee 24/09/2019

A new device created with a novel fabrication technique...

Ganga river, Ganges river, river connectivity, free flowing river, sediments, mangroves, dams, barrages, Sardar Sarovar Dam, downstream, river pollution, National Clean Ganga Mission, connectivity status index,

Mistaken Beliefs About Rivers’ ‘Excess’ Water Has Diminished the Ganga

Sarah Iqbal 22/09/2019

Over 85% of India's rivers are free-flowing, according to...