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Kiran Mazumdar Shaw: Life Science Developments To Look Out For In 2016

These are exciting times for the life sciences sector as it builds on its understanding of the disease at the cellular and genetic level to usher in new and differentiated ...

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Thought Factory

Aversion To Androgyny

Man’s contempt for that which he cannot understand is well documented throughout recorded history. Witch hunts, crusades, holy wars, inquisitions, imperialism and civ...

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Environment

Japan Plans To Kill Hundreds Of Protected Whales This Winter

?Australia strongly opposes the decision by Japan to resuming whaling in the Southern Ocean this summer,? Greg Hunt, Australia?s environment minister,?told reporters?on Sat...

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Health

Nobel Prize Winners Point The Way In Battle Against Diseases Of Poverty

What does it take to bring the fruits of scientific innovation to vulnerable patients in the world’s poorest communities? The discoveries recognised by the 2015 Nobel...

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Festivals

Science Film Festival 2015 Promises To Be Bigger Than Ever?

With more than 100 venues hosting screenings and science activities from October 19 to December 9, the Science Film Festival promises to keep true to its claim of being the...

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Environment

Scientists Urge RICO Investigation Of Corporate Climate Deniers

Climate-change denial has been compared to Big Tobacco?s 50-year-campaign to deny the dangers of cigarettes.Both attempted to muddy the waters of the public discussion by c...

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Environment

Climate Change Consensus Extends Beyond Climate Scientists

A Purdue University-led survey of nearly 700 scientists from nonclimate disciplines shows that more than 90% believe that average global temperatures are higher than pre-18...

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Gender

Gender Affects Awarding Of Research Funding

Women are still underrepresented in top academic positions. One of the possible explanations for this is the increasing importance of obtaining research funding. Women are ...

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Thought Factory

The Subdued Whispers Of Posterity In Fallout

The world stood still as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb quoted from a passage of the Bhagvad Geeta where Krishna reveals himself to Arjuna “I ha...

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Thought Factory

Years Of Living Dangerously: Merchants Of Doubt hiding An Inconvenient Truth

The Climate Change debate has been active for close to thirty years now. James E Hansen was the first scientist to expose to dangers of climate change when he decided to of...

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