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- Biology, Cannes film festival, Coronavirus, Culture, Drama films, Festivals, Film, India, Infectious diseases, Martin Scorsese, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, South and Central Asia, World news
Homebound review – emotionally rich study of friends in rural India trying to get home in the pandemic
Neeraj Ghaywan’s film benefits from excellent lead performances, strong cinematography and an apparent mentors…
- Biology, Delhi, Global development, Global health, Health, India, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Our new doctors have no clue about leprosy’: experts sceptical of India’s target to eliminate the disease by 2027
After huge gains by 2005, efforts to wipe the disease out in India, which has most of the world’s cases, stall…
- Asia Pacific, Biology, Censorship, China, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, World news
First scientist to publish Covid sequence in China protests over lab ‘eviction’
Zhang Yongzhen stages sit-in protest, as government attempts to avoid scrutiny over handling of outbreakThe fi…
- Asia Pacific, Biology, China, Culture, Documentary films, Film, Fungi, Nepal, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Far Beyond the Pasturelands review – on the trail of the ‘Himalayan Viagra’
Documentary reveals the cost to Nepalese villagers of harvesting a supposed aphrodisiac that sells for more th…
- Asia Pacific, Biology, China, Education, Genetics, Higher education, Islam, Religion, Research, Research and development, Science, Technology, Uyghurs, World news, Xinjiang
Academic paper based on Uyghur genetic data retracted over ethical concerns
Exclusive: Study published in 2019 used blood and saliva samples from 203 Uyghur and Kazakh people living in X…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, Biology, Conservation, Environment, Genetics, India, Insects, Philippines, Science, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Seven new ‘walking leaf’ insect species discovered
Researchers used genetic analysis to identify species that cannot be distinguished by appearance aloneSeven ne…
- Biology, Coronavirus, Culture, Drama films, Film, India, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Bheed review – lockdown thriller cuts across India’s class conflict
A tense, state-of-the-nation drama set in Covid-era India successfully exposes how the caste system underpins …
- Asia Pacific, Biology, China, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, World news
Newly released Chinese Covid data points to infected animals in Wuhan
Previously unseen genomic samples suggest animals at Huanan market were potential sourceNewly released data fr…
- Asia Pacific, Biology, China, Coronavirus, Genetics, Health, Infectious diseases, Research, Science, Wildlife, World Health Organization, World news
New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
Analysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNANewly rel…
- Asia Pacific, Biology, China, Coronavirus, Genetics, Health, Infectious diseases, Research, Science, Wildlife, World Health Organization, World news
New data links Covid-19’s origins to raccoon dogs at Wuhan market
Analysis of gene sequences by international team finds Covid-positive samples rich in raccoon dog DNANewly rel…
- Asia Pacific, Biology, China, Coronavirus, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Science, US news, World news
How seriously should we take the US DoE’s Covid lab leak theory?
Department of Energy’s updated report on origins of coronavirus pandemic jars with most scientists’ assessment…
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Plucky idea: the feather library providing a visual A to Z of India’s birds
Finding a trapped silverbill during lockdown inspired Esha Munshi to create an invaluable record of species in…
- Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, Biology, Conservation, Environment, Fish, Global development, India, Japan, Mumbai, Myanmar, Rivers, Science, South and Central Asia, World news, Zoology
Wolverine fish and blind eel among 212 new freshwater species
Report from Shoal on 2021’s newly described species shows ‘there are still hundreds and hundreds more freshwat…
- Biodiversity, Biology, Coastlines, Conservation, Coral, Environment, India, Marine life, Mumbai, Oceans, Photography, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
‘Every time the tide recedes, it’s a new world’: Mumbai’s marine life revealed
A group of sea life enthusiasts is documenting a wealth of species thriving in the shadow of India’s most popu…
- Asia Pacific, Biology, Coronavirus, Hong Kong, Infectious diseases, Medical research, Microbiology, Pets, Science, World news
Hamsters can transmit Covid to humans, data suggests
Research confirms a pet shop was the likely source of the recent Delta variant outbreak in Hong KongCoronaviru…