Big Mac chickens out

Chooser, not a beggar

Threatened industry

India downplays scare over stem rust threat to wheat crops from Uganda

GM crops: Here to stay

The Indian government is dead keen on GM crops. But what about a policy first?

Clipped wings

Modern farmland practices are leading to the extinction of many bird species in the UK

Leap to manhood

A recent study takes a closer look at what all is involved in the making of a man

Genetic patriotism

Ecuador enacts a law for the protection of its genetic resources

Alcoholics' genonymous

Alcoholism is linked to genes in fruit flies -- and humans

Electric vibes

DNA is found to be a conductor of electricity

Across gender lines

Mutation in a gene can cause a change in sexual behaviour of fruitflies

Multiplying effects

Sorting out differences

Promising potatoes

Gene against germination

Some like it hot

MONEYMAKERS

The changelings

A recent experiment explains how insects might have evolved

Timid genes

Double trouble

Two-stranded RNA have a function, too

Whose verdict anyway!

A basic discovery

Scientists find the 22nd amino acid

Solid rejection

The rat connection

In cold storage