Priya Moorjani, assistant professor in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, talks about new findings that could provide clues to humans’ inherited dispositions, particularly in terms of health
Climatic crises can be handled by Ambedkarite principles like democratic governance & moral, spiritual humanism: V M Ravi Kumar
‘We are seeing a sign that dark energy is not a cosmological constant’
Protect India’s scrublands to save the caracal: Dharmendra Khandal & Ishan Dhar
Fact or fallacy: ‘RO is a defence against contaminants’
The demand for advanced purification methods in the country is likely to soar, says Mahesh Gupta, chairperson of Kent ...
We never gave any thought to ferocious dog breeds so far: S Theodore Baskaran
Down To Earth spoke to conservation writer, historian, naturalist and veteran activist S Theodore Baskaran on the Centre contemplating ...
Rainwater harvesting and wastewater treatment best options for Bengaluru: T V Ramachandra
The IISc professor who famously ‘saw the future of Bengaluru’ a decade ago, speaks to Down To Earth about ...
Departure from the goddess: Sunderbans’ women & Bonbibi suffer the worst of climate crisis
Women live precarious lives in the cyclone-ravaged delta, as people slowly disconnect from Bonbibi worship & its principles of ...
Emic perspective of Indian food reveals untold stories of migrant labourers, women, cattle
Food anthropologist Ishita Dey on how migrant labourers adapt their diets during their long train journeys and how sugar ...
We find several connections of sound to the environment: Radha Kapuria
Down To Earth speaks to Durham University academic and author about the influence of the environment on music, visual ...
A dedicated snow leopard cell was long-pending: Koustubh Sharma
Down To Earth speaks to snow leopard expert Koustubh Sharma on the findings of the latest government report on ...
'Childhood cancers doubled in Delhi in 25 years, when city's air quality also became toxic'
Manas Ranjan Ray, former assistant director & head, department of experimental haematology, Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, on Delhi's air pollution-related health ...
Interest in indigenous cattle breeds like the Pulikulam is reviving: Karthikeya Sivasenapathy
Down To Earth speaks to the head of the environment wing of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam about the Pulikulam ...
Tigers in the Terai’s sugarcane fields are developing into an ecotype of their own: Rahul Shukla
Down To Earth speaks to conservationist who has documented and written about tigers growing up and surviving in the ...
Since time encodes mortality, it is an enduring challenge to all forms of narcissism: Ranjit Hoskote
Poet, cultural theorist and curator Ranjit Hoskote speaks to Down To Earth on time in poetry and literature
Difficult for me to come to terms with the reality lived by Dom women on Varanasi’s cremation ghats: Radhika Iyengar
Author talks about her experiences while reporting for and writing her book, ‘Fire on the Ganges’, about the Dom ...
No apology has been offered for the system of indenture: Bhaswati Mukherjee
Former Ambassador speaks to Down To Earth on her latest book on the system of indenture, that led to ...
Manor Din: Arupjyoti Saikia on how the Burmese invasion of Assam transpired
It is a story of court intrigues that took place in the final decade of the 600-year-old Ahom Kingdom, ...
India poised to advance in antibiotic development: VS Chauhan & Nitin Yadav
CSE-DTE speak to Virander S Chauhan and Nitin Yadav, co-founders of Biotide Solutions LLP, about the global AMR scenario
‘For Mumbai pollution, construction dust, unfavourable meteorology obvious culprits but can't rule out climate change’
IIT Bombay environmental scientist Abhishek Chakraborty on how warming may have caused smog & why bettter planning is needed ...
The Hindu canon is inclusive of the sexuality spectrum: Kavita Kane
Down To Earth speaks to author and mythologist about LGBTQ themes in the texts and scriptutres that make up ...
‘Climate change may increase risk of glacial lakes bursting, Sikkim-like disasters may spike’
Down to Earth spoke to Kalachand Sain, director, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, to understand the causes of ...
Sikkim, the land blessed by Guru Rinpoche, is being destroyed by anthropogenic activity: Yishey Doma
The author of several books on Sikkimese religion, folklore and culture speaks with Down To Earth in the light ...
‘It is high time India has a law that recognises climate migrants’
Down To Earth speaks to Member of Parliament, Pradyut Bordoloi,on the Climate Migrants (Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2022
30 years of Latur-Osmanabad Quake: It is time we paid proper attention to rehabilitation as a concept, says Atul Deulgaonkar
Senior journalist has just come out with a book on the botched rehabilitation in the aftermath of the quake