What ails science in India?
Unlike other countries, India successfully sent a spacecraft (Mangalyaan) to Mars in its first attempt. But the country has failed
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Fixed nitrogen: Mars was once habitable
The Mars rover Curiosity has for the first time found evidence of indigenous nitrogen in the form of nitrate in
Read MoreEditorial: Curiosity can’t kill life on Mars
As if the news on earth weren’t depressing enough, the latest dispatches from Mars are also gloomy. It turns out
Read MoreEditorial: A year of curiosity
Curiosity — the car-sized remote vehicle with an array of sophisticated instruments — may have travelled only a little more
Read MoreEditorial: A river ran through Mars
From finding a trail of evidence supporting the presence of water on Mars a few billion years ago, Curiosity’s discovery
Read MoreRounded pebbles on Mars point to water flow
For the first time ever, scientists have been able to collect unequivocal evidence that water had once flowed on Mars
Read MoreEditorial: Mars mission accomplished
Published in The Hindu on March 28, 2013 In what counts for one more extraordinary achievement in space science, the
Read MoreEditorial: Watery Mars
Published in The Hindu on February 4, 2013 Mars might have been cold and dry with a transient presence of
Read MoreEditorial: New evidence of water on Mars
Published in The Hindu on December 23, 2011 The indefatigable quest for firm evidence of liquid water on ancient Mars
Read MoreIs Curiosity only an advanced science lab?
Published in The Hindu on December 1, 2011 Of course, it has a suite of 10 scientific instruments and is
Read MoreEditorial: Water on Mars
Published in The Hindu on July 2, 2010 After several attempts, researchers have successfully studied the composition of Mars’ northern
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