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A String Of Orca Deaths At San Antonio's Seaworld Renews Concern About Captive Whale Conditions

Unna is the third whale to have died at SeaWorld San Antonio since mid-2015. A beluga whale named Stella died in November of gastrointestinal complications and a premature bel...

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India, Germany To Begin Research In National Priority Areas In Health Research & Biomedical Sciences Soon

In order to facilitate bilateral cooperation between the scientific communities of India and Germany by way of joint research projects, India and Germany will soon research in...

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From Droughts TO Disease, 2015 Highlighted Our Food System's Shortcomings

2015 was a bit of a news roller-coaster when it came to the things we eat. We?ve made some progress over the year in some areas but struggled to cope in others as we faced cha...

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The 2015 Gender Dictionary – From Fluidity To Skoliosexual

With Caitlyn Jenner’s public introduction and the televisual triumph of Transparent – 2015 was a year in which gender and sexuality discussions were at the fore. B...

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BCG Vaccine Demonstrates Long-Lasting Effectiveness

Recent data showed the bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine reduced the risk for tuberculosis after 40 years of vaccination, suggesting the vaccine may be more cost-effectiv...

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Your Birth Control Pills And Hamburgers Might Be Making These Fish Intersex

A strange thing is happening to male smallmouth and largemouth bass swimming in waterways in parts of the Northeast: They are increasingly showing up with characteristics of t...

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The Eight Best Extinct Species Discovered In 2015

2015 was an exceptionally productive year for paleontology. Brontosaurus made a comeback. Paleontologists further decoded the coloration patterns of long extinct animals. Jura...

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Gender Fluidity Went Pop In 2015 – And It’s Not Just A Phase

First things first: don’t call it a trend. Gender fluidity found its way into more headlines than ever in 2015. But regardless of the moment it’s having in both mu...

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Mumbai: 'No Gynaecs In Rural Areas To Provide Basic Delivery Services'

Mumbai: An audit carried out by the state government of all maternal deaths, including those during medical termination of pregnancy (MTPs), have found three main causes behin...

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This Is What China Looks Like When Its Cities Are On A 'Red Alert' For Smog

A red alert is the highest of a four-level warning system aimed at communicating to the public the amount of hazardous particles in the air. The alert is triggered when the go...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: GHATAK, JUNG, BRECHT & PARTITION

In this profound essay, writer and filmmaker Sharad Raj explores how Ritwik Ghatak merge...

November 12 2025

POWERFUL PEOPLE: JUST DO IT

In a conversation, Khalid Mohamed draws out the eventful life and film adventures of wri...

November 11 2025

TV: A JOURNEY THROUGH GOD’S OWN COUNTRY

Part 2 of Surabhi Diaries by filmmaker Suhail Tatari continues his vivid recollections f...

November 10 2025