Megha Prakash is an independent journalist with over a decade of experience covering science, health and technology. She is also interested in documenting indigenous food
Pollution pangs
High ground-level ozone increases appendicitis risk
Kills more than the pain
Researchers report hearing loss associated with aspirin use
Never let an idea die
Modern science backs Ayurveda on ginger’s gut-cleansing call
Its always about DNA
Blood is the clue, its genes are the target for curing diseases
Medicinal tree survives tissue culture process
Tissue culture technique for medicinal tree succeeds
Ferns: heavy metal guzzlers
Can replace expensive methods of controlling pollution
Peel filter
Grapefruit skin can remove chemical dyes from textile effluent
Dark bean’s bright side
Megha Prakash shares the benefits and recipes of black soybean
Jumbo alert
SMS-based alert system can drastically cut human-elephant conflicts
Jurassic age cleaners
125 million-year-old fossil suggests cockroaches ate dinosaur dung