Phailin(g) to tell the story

The dead make a better story than the living. Failure of media to continue reporting Phailin will take the pressure off administration to provide …

DNA and grey cells

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Heart to heart

A tongue-in-cheek report of a conversation overheard at a bar during a meeting of the Commission for Sustainable Development.

Have we forgotten Rio already?

India has failed in the basic work that it needed to do even before going to Rio -- define the pathway of sustainable development for itself

Riding the waves

Adaptive sampling, a new oceanographic technique, will provide an accurate picture of complicated coastal environments

Interior boundaries

Cracking of a fragment of the earth's crust in Canada provides a snapshot of an amazing geological event

Hammer of God

The collision of a meteorite with the Earth produced energy about a million times more than the largest earthquake ever recorded

How long will life on Earth survive?

Scientists say events like volcanic activity, an expanding sun, asteroids or a freezing core may bring about destruction

150 years of global temperature data now on Google Earth

Database uses information from 6,000 stations and is expected to make climate-change data more accessible and transparent

When will India wake up to freedom—from air pollution?

London’s worst air day is good air day by Indian standard

Scientists discover oldest known solar system

The system contains Earth-sized planets that orbit a star smaller than the sun

UK group to send unmanned robotic landing module to moon

The project, Lunar Mission One, aims to raise £500m for the project from donations by the public

Use it or lose it

Across the West, exercising one’s right to waste water

Jammu and Kashmir High Court orders removal of Russian poplar trees

The tree is believed to be a threat to health of locals

Increased typhoon intensity linked to ocean warming

Nuclear fusion, the clean power that will take decades to master

Monsoon worries

May to turn wet but will India witness a hot June?

Here's what happens to your brain when you give up sugar for Lent

Let’s call it: 30 years of above average temperatures means the climate has changed

Will Delhi air poison Obama on Republic Day?

Please wear a dust mask at the parade Mr President, for our sake at least

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto on world hunger levels

Graphic Editor Sorit Gupto's take on green clearances for mining

Nowhere a school

After noise pollution, a mobile app to measure air contamination

Smartphone users in Europe will now be able to measure the quality of air around them

Mission to conserve indigenous cow breeds kicked off

Rs 150-crore allocated in current financial year