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PM Modi is Worried About Population Explosion, a Problem Set to Go Away in 2021

Saurabh Rai and M. Sivakami 20/08/2019

Instead, we should focus on why population control efforts...

missing heritability problem, gene variants, rare diseases, genome wide association studies, whole genome sequencing, DNA sequencing, body mass index, human body height, polygenic risk score, preprint paper, peer review, genetic variation, heritability,

The Hidden Mutations That Could Help You Evolve Better

Pratik Pawar 20/08/2019

Noted evolutionary biologists like Stephen Jay Gould and others...

Kashmir, Kashmir Valley, Article 370, shortwave radio, ionosphere, F region, radio broadcasting, Digital Radio Mondiale, BBC World Service, ionosphere absorption, amplitude modulation, signal attenuation, skip zone, Bob anna, Nariman Printer, Azad Hind Radio,

The ‘Amateur’ Tech That Could Penetrate the Kashmir Blackout

Vasudevan Mukunth 19/08/2019

Shortwave radio transmission presents an effective way to communicate...

science journalism, outreach, media, newspapers, Vigyan Prasar, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore, Indian languages, science communication, ejnana, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Mars methane,

‘Science Needs More Space in Mainstream Media’

P. Anjana 19/08/2019

"It is an irony that while our scientists can...

Forest Rights Act 2006, tribals, forest dwellers, community forests, unclassified forests, TN Godavarman, Sikkim, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam, Tripura, Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian Forest Act 1927, tribal communities,

Why India’s Northeast Could See FRA as a Way to Protect Its Community Forests

C.R. Bijoy 16/08/2019

The Centre is all set to bring 'unclassed' or...

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Ministry of Human Resource Development, IIT Kharagpur, Meera Nanda, Ram Setu, Adam's bridge, Archaeological Survey of India, Geological Survey of India, ancient knowledge, Vedas, Puranas,

If Scientists Don’t Speak out Today, Who Will Be Left to Defend Science Tomorrow?

Reeteka Sud 14/08/2019

An open letter to Prof Subhasis Chaudhuri, director of...

Burevestnik, Nyonoksa, Rosatom, Rosatomflot, Serebryanka, radiation, nuclear cruise missile, Skyfall, KY30, Murmansk, Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk, nuclear security, The Barents Observer, Barents Sea, ramjet engine, nuclear fuel, radioactive waste, gamma rays, radiation poisoning, iodine, Chernobyl, New START Treaty, nuclear science,

Experts Suspect Small Nuclear Reactor for New Russian Missile Blew Up Last Week

The Wire Staff 14/08/2019

Speculation has been rife that the explosion was of...