The National Health Protection Scheme (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana) was launched in September 2018 amidst euphoria. But closer look at the blueprint released by the National Health Agency reveals that the patient could actually suffer many hardships. What is more saddening is that in spite of several …
An international team of researchers has now shown that sophisticated tool making (Levallois technology) emerged in East Asia earlier than previously thought. They studied artifacts from the Guanyindong Cave site in southwest China and concluded that carved stone tools dated to approximately 170,000–80,000 years ago. In two minds, …
Joe Raedle/Getty Images News/Getty Images Readers, get ready: Black Friday is coming. While most people probably think of big ticket items like wide-screen televisions and other electronics as the main source of shopping madness after Thanksgiving, there are actually tons of fantastic deals out there for lovers of …
There has been a precipitous rise in predatory academic journals in recent years. Most researchers are probably familiar with the recruitment tactic from these scammers. If you haven’t noticed, check your spam folder. It will be littered with invitations to submit to journals tangentially related to your field. …
Down a hallway lined with Lincoln High School’s signature red lockers, through the doors of Room 123, teachers can find a little early-morning salvation: a caffeine oasis open for business each Friday morning. More likely than not, Quar-tus Jones will be there, the high school junior with his …
Plan S, the open-access (OA) initiative launched by the European Commission and Science Europe in September, has gained two major new members. The Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation—two of the world’s largest private foundations that support research—announced today they are joining a consortium of …
When your company is hired to work on a federal or state highway, you are obligated by law to warn drivers well ahead of time about work zones. They need to know how far ahead the work zone is and to what lane they should merge. They also …
Carl Walton is what you may consider an NBA G League enthusiast. On Saturday night in Southeast, the 58-year-old D.C. resident was among the announced crowd of 2,383 that included NBA Commissioner Adam Silver at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Ward 8. Walton had come to watch …
When it comes to health care costs, America’s employers are at a crossroads. Competing for scarce labor in a tight market, they will have trouble continuing to shift medical bills onto employees as they have for several decades. That means that to control costs going forward, employers may …
“Learn what they don’t want you to know.” That pretty much captures the conspiracy-laced journey into data you often see at the heart of campaigning against a vaccine, doesn’t it? It’s the sub-title an activist used* to encourage people to read a new book billed as “a groundbreaking exposé”. …
