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Prasanth R.
How did Agriculture Begin in South Asia?
07 Sep 2019
Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about two recently published papers on the history of agriculture in south Asia and the various migrations that brought people to the Indian subcontinent.
Subhash Gatade
A War For Scientists to Join
07 Sep 2019
Scientists have barely offered resistance to pseudoscience. This must change—IIT students show how.
Prabir Purkayastha
Chandrayaan-2: Lander Fails But Not Everything's Lost
07 Sep 2019
Minutes before touching the surface of the moon, communication from lander Vikram to ground stations was lost.
Pragya Singh
No Genetic Clue of Big Ancient-Indian Migration to West: Tony Joseph
07 Sep 2019
Tony Joseph, who wrote Early Indians: The Story of Our Ancestors and Where We Came From, has examined in his book how migrations, including the Indo-Aryan migration of roughly 4,000 years ago, shaped…
PTI
ISRO's Plan to Soft Land on Moon Fails to go as Per Script
07 Sep 2019
PM, leaders across political parties hail ISRO scientists for dedication; ask them not to lose heart
Surangya
Indus Valley Civilisation: Where Did Agriculture Come From?
06 Sep 2019
Recently published studies that analysed a genome from the Indus Valley Civilisation have provided interesting insights into the origins of modern South Asians, their language and the development of…
Sandipan Talukdar
Century Old Mathematical Theory Helps Scientists Discover New Type of Light Wave
06 Sep 2019
The phenomena, named as Dyakonov-Voigt waves, could also have wide-ranged applications, for example improving biosensors used to screen blood samples or developing fiber optic circuits for more…
Sandipan Talukdar
Hurricane Dorian and Wrath of Climate Change
05 Sep 2019
There is no sign of decreasing the release of carbon into the atmosphere and hence there seems no immediate indication of getting rid of the devastating storms.
Sandipan Talukdar
In Warmer Climate, Soil Drought and Atmospheric Aridity Will Lead to Rise in Drought
04 Sep 2019
A new study suggests that the concurrent soil drought and atmospheric aridity are driven by a series of land-atmosphere processes and feedback loops.
Sandipan Talukdar
Brain Waves Detected in Mini Brains Grown in a Dish
03 Sep 2019
The pea-sized brains called the cerebral organoids have been derived from human pluripotent stem cells.