Aditya Misra

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Lifestyle

That sinking feeling: A review of Inside a Dark Box

Inside a Dark Box is a peek into what depression can feel like to an individual

Wildlife & biodiversity|Forest

चेतनशील अस्तित्व

क्या आप जानते हैं कि हमारी तरह पेड़ों में भी संवाद करने औ…

Science & Technology

Space Race 2.0: Calendar of space launches in next 15 years

Here's a look at what governments and private firms plan to do in space

Science & Technology

Space Race 2.0: Journey so far

Humans have mapped the solar system. A few probes have even gone interstellar, but beyond that we have snapshots of galaxies, quasars and black …

Science & Technology

Space Race 2.0: Why go beyond the Earth?

The urge to look towards the sky stems from an intrinsic human curiosity emanating out of not just scientific but also existential queries

Stephen Hawking's last book has the answer to everything

This book 'Brief Answers to the Big Questions' takes on 10 questions that have perplexed humans

Governance

The green crusader

On the centenary of Indira Gandhi's birth, Down To Earth reveals her hitherto unknown role, that of an environmentalist

Science & Technology

Will machines ever take over?

Robots that can think are here, almost. But many see artificial intelligence as humanity's biggest existential threat

Forests

Sentient beings

Did you know trees can taste, touch, hear, smell, memorise and communicate, just like animals?

Health

Gut feeling

Finally, a book that breaks down the science of our gut

Central America reeling under severe drought

The drought has killed 30,000 cattle in Colombia, destroyed 70 per cent corn crop in Honduras

Amazon biodiversity under threat owing to poor social indicators of inhabitants

A study cites lack of access to clean water, illiteracy, violence and shortage of opportunities to improve living standards among the problems

Amount of mercury in environment grossly underestimated

Quantity released in the environment since 1850 is over twice more than previously estimated, says a study

Latin America in grip of chikungunya

Around a million people are reported to have been infected with disease in 34 countries

US state slaps $54 million fine on federal government for radiation leaks

New Mexico has blamed US Department of Energy for accidents at nuclear waste management site in February

Singapore shrouded in Indonesian haze

Forest fires in Indonesia made air pollution levels in Singapore reach an annual high on October 2

UN Climate Summit 2014 pledges to end forest loss by 2030

Governments, MNCs, civil society agree to cut the rate of forest loss to half by 2020

The problem of overdiagnosis and overtreatment of diseases

Studies show people are receiving treatment for ailments which may never have serious implications on their health

Clean air helps reduce health costs by half in Taiyuan city in China

Decade-long measures to check air pollution helped in reducing particulate matter by over 50 per cent in Taiyuan

India ranked 135 in Human Development Report 2014

UNDP report says human development is improving worldwide, but the rate of improvement has slowed

Asia grapples with GM crops

Victory for anti-GM crusaders in Pakistan is short-lived as government gets high court ban on genetically modified crops suspended

Experts meet in London to understand disaster risks

Over 800 experts attend Understanding Risk Forum in an attempt to 'produce actionable information'

WTO rules against US tariff on Chinese, Indian goods

US had imposed a cess on steel imported from India and on various China-made goods saying their selling prices were too low due to unfair …

NASA satellite that revealed ozone holes completes a decade in space

Aura has been sending data which has been invaluable in improving our understanding of pollutants

Bushmeat poaching rises to unprecedented levels in Kenya

The problem is threatening to wipe out species in the country, says a report

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