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A Komodo Dragon is seen in Komodo National Park

Indonesia to Close Island in Bid to Save Komodo Dragons

Tabita Diela 23/07/2019

Closing the island to tourists aims to avert interference...

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Assam Grapples With Japanese Encephalitis, Death Toll Reaches 101

The Wire Staff 23/07/2019

Several districts from Assam, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur...

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Watching ‘The Lion King’ as a Cat Biologist

Alexander Richard Braczkowski 23/07/2019

Although the story of The Lion King is ultimately...

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Forest Rights Act: Schoolchildren Understand Coexistence, Why Can’t SC?

Nithila Baskaran, Shiv Ganesh and Kashika Sharma 23/07/2019

On the eve of a Supreme Court hearing on a...

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Allegations of Bullying and Gender Bias Surface in Swiss Academic Science

Thomas Lewton and Alice McCool 23/07/2019

Astrophysicist Marcella Carollo and others argue that women in...

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India’s Three Science Academies Don’t Want to Rock the Education Boat

Rahul Siddharthan 23/07/2019

It is not clear why INSA, IASc and NASI...

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Health Ministry Bans Animal Food Industry From Using Colistin

The Wire Staff 23/07/2019

Excessive use of the life-saving drug in animal feed...