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All birds in one tree

Scientists develop phylogenetic tree linking all bird species

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Skeleton service

Exhibition>> Cadavers • London

Climbers on call

Trained to climb palms, they revive Kerala’s coconut industry

A respite

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Letters

Distant eyes

Rediscovering Antarctica

Volcanic after effects

Volcanic eruptions in Hawaii provide ground for new life

The tilting pole

Is the North Pole shifting towards Japan?

Turmoil in the Earth's guts

The foundations of the Yellowstone National Park are still on the boil

Faulty planes

Sudden impact

A meteorite that hit the Earth could have thrown life forms across the globe

A lubricated fault?

Understanding earthquakes

Ancient Venus was potentially habitable for three billion years: Study

The planet had stable temperatures — between a maximum of about 50°C and a minimum of about 20°C — and water worth a shallow ocean

A mobile app that can help you track Zero Shadow Days

An app is enabling school children to understand history of measuring time and navigation

Taiwan’s earthquake kills at least 4, injures 225; powerful aftershocks on cards

The quake has sparked off several aftershocks, which are likely to continue in the coming two weeks

Remembering Virendra Kumar: a humanist, botanist and scholar

Associated with the Chipko movement, Kumar was a botanist with a difference. He saw elements of botany as part of natural evolution intertwined …

Waste? I haven’t heard of anything like that

Waste is but an imaginary concept; a discarded shoe or a toothbrush is waste only as long as you think it as such

The inspirational value of ISRO's Mars mission

India's researchers need to find quickest and cheapest possible solutions to problems in the country; technology dearth no longer an acceptable excuse

Monsoon season enters last lap

Withdrawal period extended as the southwest monsoon fails to follow its timetable for bidding adieu