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Health

How COVID-19 affects the brain
COVID-19 virus can cause inflammation of the brain and clots, leading to stroke. Photo: r.classen/Shutterstock
Inflammation of the brain; blood clots; damage to the nerves in the body — …
July 08, 2020
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Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2020)
Gavel. Source: Getty images
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high …
July 08, 2020
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Economy

COVID-19: Sales hit, Odisha sculptors struggle to stay afloat

Sculptors at work in Lalitgiri village, Odisha. Photo: Ashis Senapati
Absence of tourists and cancelled festival celebrations have hit their livelihood
July 08, 2020
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Health

What 241 scientists said in their letter on airborne COVID-19 transmission
The authors had written to the WHO, asking it to accept that COVID-19 spreads through the air. Photo: Pixabay
Here is the full transcript of the letter to the World Health Organization 
July 08, 2020
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Science & Technology

Animals can feel an upcoming earthquake, says study

Animals might sense ionisation of the air caused by large rock pressures in earthquake zones with their fur. They can also smell gases released from quartz crystals before a quake

Sunita Narain's Desk

Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets

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COVID-19: Why biocide overuse needs to be addressed to tackle AMR
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YOUNG

Waste recycling app fetches Diana Award for 13-year-old Delhi girl
Waste recycling app fetches Diana Award for 13-year-old Delhi girl
Freya Thakral’s Recycler App provides users a door-to-door pick up service for …
July 01, 2020
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Climate Change

When did CO2 become our planet's arch enemy?
When did CO2 become our planet's arch enemy?
Carbon dioxide was always essential for our planet, but when did it become too much?
June 16, 2020
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YOUNG

Read ‘L’ for locusts
A desert locust. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
An insect from Biblical times tells his tale of survival
June 10, 2020
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Food

Good or bad? When it comes to food, it’s not that simple
Good or bad? When it comes to food, it’s not that simple
Our ideas about the relationship of food with health and medicine are increasingly shaped …
June 08, 2020
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Factsheet

Half a year later
Health

COVID-19: How do things look 6 months since it all started

India did not get its 1st novel coronavirus positive case before end-January; But the situation has escalated to much worse

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