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Sandipan Talukdar
Ancient Human Genomes Shed New Light on Interbreeding of Humans and Neanderthals
12 Apr 2021
One recent study examined the skull of a woman found in Czech Republic and the other analysed the remains of three individuals found in Bacho Kiro cave in Bulgaria.
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With Cyber Offensive Capabilities Increasing, Why Not Ban Cyber Weapons?
10 Apr 2021
Newsclick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about two recent major cyberhacks, the increasing cyber offensive capabilities at the nation state level, and the consequences of increasingly…
Sandipan Talukdar
'Evidence of New Physics': Muon’s Magnetic Properties Open up Paradigms
10 Apr 2021
The new results confirm that the magnetic property of the Muon deviates from what can be predicted by using the Standard Model of particle physics. An anomaly in the g-factor value hints at the…
Sandipan Talukdar
Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Seventh Lowest Mark on Record, Finds NASA
05 Apr 2021
The NSIDC says that in 2021, the maximum ice extent was 870,000-kilometre square, which is below the average maximum that was observed during the period 1981-2010.
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How Pharma Companies Created a Bottleneck in Vaccine Distribution
03 Apr 2021
In this episode of 'Talking Science & Tech', we look at how private pharma companies and developed nations have created a bottleneck in vaccine distribution through the use of patents and…
Sandipan Talukdar
2I/Borisov, the First Interstellar Comet to Have Visited our Solar System
03 Apr 2021
Comets like 2I/Borisov, which have not passed close to the sun, are of special interest, because the material they are made up of is the same as when the solar system had been formed.
Sandipan Talukdar
Disease Outbreaks Increase with Deforestation , New Study Finds
25 Mar 2021
The study says that monoculture plantations are also likely to increase infectious disease outbreaks.
Rashme Sehgal
Ken-Betwa Link will Destroy Panna Tiger Sanctuary
25 Mar 2021
Several states, including Kerala, Bihar, Punjab, Karnataka, and Sikkim, have expressed reservations on inter-basin water transfer, and with good reason.
Sandipan Talukdar
Trawling Ocean Floor for Fishing Can Release Carbon Equal to Air Travel: Study
24 Mar 2021
The practice of bottom trawling, according to the study, pumps out carbon amounting to about 1 gigaton every year.
Richa Chintan
India’s Second ‘Wave’: Of Short-Term Measures and COVID Fatigue
22 Mar 2021
‘...all measures, whether health-related ones or the economy and livelihood-related ones, have been short-term – short-term hospital facilities, short-term additional contractual health workers,…