Umbilical discord
Lack of enforcing protocols is pushing up cesarean deliveries in India
Bust the gut
Scientists are studying microbes in the gut in far greater detail to devise therapies to fight obesity
Road map to save environment
A global map highlights regions where road construction will have high environmental costs
Growing tendency
Compared to Europeans, South Asians need longer workouts
Safe repellents
Two safe chemicals, which curb mosquitoes’ ability to locate humans, have been identified
Diesel confuses bees
Emissions interfere with floral odours that guide honeybees
Superbug threat is for real
But Indian government does not think it is significant
It pickpockets water
A protein makes the body realize the liquid’s worth
The catcher in the gene
Evidence finally links phytoplasmas to root wilt disease in coconut trees
Spill repeats itself
With the 1989 Exxon leak still trickling oil, the Gulf of Mexico puts scientists in the worst fix
The sun burns in a lab
Scientists strike atoms with impossibly high energy levels
Anti-greening measures
Easy method to detect bacterial infection in citrus varieties
Count the soot
Black carbon from diesel, not from biomass, warms the globe
Earth has room for more
Multiple habitats helped tetrapods grow and diversify