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Sri Lanka Scientists’ Flee Economic Crisis
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis adds challenges to researchers as they cannot get new supplies for laboratory work. Fuel shortage has also affected their capacity...
Animals and wildlife
Narrow Valuation of Nature is Widening Biodiversity Loss
The Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature brought out by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services argues...
Education
Girls’ Performance In Maths ‘Starting To Add Up To Boys’, Says UNESCO
This year’s Global Education Monitoring Report brought out by UNESCO has documented an interesting, refreshingly new trend – of school-going girls covering the gender...
COVID-19
Cow Dung Fires Linked to Black Fungus Epidemic in India
Medical researchers say cow dung is rich in black fungus spores, which, when released through smoke from cow dung fires spread widely. Cow dung...
Animals and wildlife
Scientists describe a new Himalayan snake species found via Instagram
Locked down at home during the pandemic last year, a postgraduate student photographed a hitherto unseen snake in his backyard and uploaded it to...
Climate change
IPCC working group II to release its report on Monday
The IPCC report put together by scientists and government representatives is expected to add pressure to address issues like finance, adaptation and loss and...
Features
On a mission to alleviate chronic pain
MIT scientist Fan Wang’s studies of how the brain controls pain may one day lead to new treatments that could help millions, giving people...
Clean tech
MIT team creates new plant-derived composite replacement for plastics
A new woody composite, engineered by a team at MIT, is tough as bone and hard as aluminum, and it could pave the way...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is high enough not to allow microfinance to bring about any...
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Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is putting people at risk. So are populations in the alluvial...
Human Society is Making the Mistake of Forgetting the Importance of Forests: President Droupadi Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu said that she was confident that the officers of the Indian Forest Service had become completely...
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Two Challenges Before Microfinance
The rate of interest charged by microfinance institutions is...
Quakes Do Not Kill People, Bad Buildings Do
The infrastructure surge in the geologically fragile Himalayas is...
