Tamil Nadu researchers show chronic exposure to commonly used insecticide causes diabetes
A study by scientists at Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamil Nadu, India, has found evidence that long-term exposure to organophosphate insecticides
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In defiance, several rogue U.S. federal agency Twitter accounts crop up
Resistance by scientists and show of support for science by the public is reaching a new peak ever since the
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Trump Ctrl-Alt-Deletes climate change policies
That Donald Trump’s scepticism about climate change will adversely impact policies to address global warming became abundantly clear minutes after
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Indian scientist Felix Bast reports from the field in Antarctica
On January 9, Dr. Felix Bast from the Centre for Plant Sciences, Central University of Punjab was one of the
Read MoreIndia begins caged trials of GM mosquitoes to control dengue, chikungunya
Outdoor caged trials to demonstrate the efficiency of genetically modified mosquitoes to suppress wild female Aedes aegypti mosquito populations that
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Open Access: The sorry state of Indian repositories
India may not have a national Open Access policy in place, but the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR),
Read MoreFive-month-old babies know what’s funny
By Gina Mireault Before they speak or crawl or walk or achieve many of the other amazing developmental milestones in
Read MoreThe missing fossils matter as much as the ones we have found
By Adrian Currie & Derek Turner The coelacanths are an ancient group of lobe-finned fishes, with weird appendages that take
Read MoreIceland knows how to stop teen substance abuse but the rest of the world isn’t listening
In Iceland, teenage smoking, drinking and drug use have been radically cut in the past 20 years. Emma Young finds
Read MoreJNU researchers show highly pungent capsicum varieties have higher antioxidant property
A team of Indian researchers from the School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University and other institutions has successfully decoded
Read MoreHow ISRO plans to launch a record 104 satellites in one go in February 2017
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will set a record when it launches 104 satellites in one go on a
Read MoreTrump jolts science, gives anti-vax movement a booster dose
Anti-vax activists in the U.S. are already cheering. A presidential commission on vaccine safety (read a link between measles-mumps-rubella (MMR)
Read MoreWill we see Jeffrey Beall’s predatory journal list in a new avatar?
Though the actual reason why Prof. Jeffrey Beall, who maintained a list of “potential, possible, or probable” publishers that produced
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