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Project Tiger: How India’s Tiger Numbers Recovered From the Brink
India's tigers were near collapse in 1972; today their numbers have rebounded. Here is how Project Tiger pulled the species back from…
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How BARC Powers India’s Nuclear Research, From Reactors to Isotopes
From Asia's first reactor in 1956 to thorium dreams and cancer isotopes, BARC powers India's nuclear programme. Inside the Trombay engine room.
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The Vulture Crisis: How a Cattle Painkiller Nearly Wiped Out India’s Vultures
A common cattle painkiller nearly wiped out India's vultures within a decade. Here is the inside story of the vulture crisis and…
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How Birds Navigate Thousands of Kilometres: The Science of Migration
Birds navigate thousands of kilometres with pinpoint accuracy. Here is the science of migration, from star compasses to quantum magnetoreception.
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Elephant Communication: Infrasound, Seismic Rumbles and Long Memories
Elephants talk in rumbles too low for humans to hear, felt through the ground. Here is how infrasound and long memory bind…
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Why the Western Ghats Are Among the World’s Richest Biodiversity Hotspots
The Western Ghats pack more species per square kilometre than almost anywhere on Earth. Here is why these mountains are a biodiversity…
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Mangroves: The Coastal Forests That Shield India From Cyclones
Mangroves shield India's coasts from cyclones while nursing rich marine life. Here is how these coastal forests protect land and sea together.
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Gaganyaan: inside India’s long road to its first crewed spaceflight
Gaganyaan, India's first human spaceflight mission, has missed several deadlines - but it has also cleared its hardest technical tests, from the…
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Why the Himalayas are India’s most dangerous earthquake zone
The Indian plate is still crashing into Eurasia at a few centimetres a year - the slow-motion collision that built the Himalayas…
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Chandrayaan-4: the audacious plan to bring moon rock home to India
Chandrayaan-4 will attempt what only three nations have ever done: bring Moon rock home to Earth. With its design finalised and a…