The Hindu’s most-read science stories in 2018

10) IIT-Dhanbad dilemma Two-dozen papers from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad were retracted for duplication of images and passing them off as different materials/experiments. Investigations are…

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Exotic trees eating up Western Ghat’s grasslands

Context: The new year heralds bad news for the high-altitude grasslands of the Western Ghats. Over four decades, the country lost almost one-fourth of these grasslands and exotic invasive trees…

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