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Tsunami Warning: How India Detects Ocean Earthquakes Within Minutes
India can detect ocean earthquakes and issue tsunami warnings within minutes. Here is the warning system that guards the coastline since 2004.
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India’s Synchrotrons: How the Indus Accelerators Probe Materials Atom by Atom
In Indore, electrons at near light speed make X-rays a billion times brighter than the Sun. How India's Indus synchrotrons probe materials…
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Microplastics in the Ocean: Where They Come From and Where They Go
Microplastics now swirl from Arctic ice down to the deepest ocean trenches. Here is where ocean microplastics come from and where they…
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Science From the Ice: What India’s Maitri and Bharati Stations Study in Antarctica
At the bottom of the world, Indian scientists drill ice cores and track the ozone hole. The science from Maitri and Bharati,…
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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…