Israeli Firm Says It Can Turn Garbage Into Bio-Based Plastic
Hawks, vultures and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat. "This is the mine of the future," he beams. Sveen…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Completes 2,000 Days on Mars
NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has now marked 2,000 days on the red planet. That's 2,000 days by Martian standards. A Martian sol, or solar day, is equivalent to 24 hours, 39 minutes…
ISRO Successfully Launches GSAT-6A Communication Satellite
The GSLV-F08 rocket carrying GSAT-6A satellite. India on Thursday successfully launched the GSAT-6A satellite that would provide mobile communication facilities, using its heavy rocket Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F08), in a copybook…
Restructuring the public school system
The state governments should act as facilitators to the process of school rationalization. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint Indian public schools are seeing a systemic decline in enrolment, resulting in the massive…