Proposed IPR law raises concerns

House that

Tribals in a trap

Heavy Weather

An afternoon at a McDonald's kitchen

NREGA activists who paid with their lives Lalit Mehta (Jharkhand)

More to Auto expo than Tata's Nano

The demoralizing esculent

When it was introduced in Europe, people associated the potato with disease

Pick and choose

The world the slaves built

After the recent earthquake, Haiti is depicted as a basket case. It was not always so

Days of the dino

A priest-scientist to artists, dinosaurs have had their popularizers  

Insured by community

Death of a tribal woman in Madhya Pradesh prompts community to provide speedy insurance benefits to women during emergencies

Security threat to hornbill

Armed with a feather and a memory, Vivek Ramachandran pitches for saving the last 300 Narcondam hornbills from radar station

Will Fuleco score the final goal?

Three-banded armadillo, the real-life counterpart of FIFA World Cup's official mascot, is in danger of extinction

Embodied energy demystified

Building materials are much more energy-intensive than perceived. India lags in taking steps to reduce their use

Smoke laws first enacted in city of joy

Because of its political importance in the British empire, Calcutta was one of the first cities to regulate smoke emissions. But legislation …

Common science

A website helps people observe and understand nature while gathering scientific data

When lakes were tanks

Bengaluru's lakes were actually tanks created in the absence of a big river

Noteworthy

Santhal trio pulls right strings to keep alive a dying tradition

Treasure in your trash

Time for climate lesson

A Nepal school that imparts practical knowledge to farmers

Biting cold for pashmina

Thousands of changra goats die of starvation as record snow buries pastures

Keep it flowing

Tour of a house that thrives on air circulation, saves energy cost

Yar Tsa Gumba

A miraculous mushroom, over-exploited, is on the brink of extinction

Bt for Better Times?

Good weather, illegal Bt seeds raise Punjab's sagging cotton yields