Huge step forward

Human genome decoded completely

Gender parity

How it works in chromosomes

I won't and you can't

The bureaucracy does nothing to conserve India's invaluable animals and plants. But it knows how to cry wolf when private agencies want to use these

Should genetically modified organisms be part of our conservation efforts?

Genome editing and synthetic biology are giving rise to new forms of life. But do these organisms have conservation value as part of earth's …

The original Mus

Researchers zero in on the Indian subcontinent as the possible birthplace of that most evasive of pesky mammals - the house mouse

"Alternative fuel helps us tide over oil crises"

LUIS FERNANDES, Brazil's deputy minister for science and technology, talks to T V JAYAN about his government's biodiesel project and its other …

Gearing up for Bt cotton

Farmers ready to sow GM cotton in Andhra Pradesh

In short

Goodbye Dolly

Both her birth and death stirred a raging debate. Dolly -- the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell -- was put to death on February 14, …

TRANSGENIC CROPS

One up

Monsanto wins a landmark victory in Britain

Chhattisgarh proactive in checking illegal BT rice trials

Gotcha!

Coming soon: more entrants into basmati family

Moral dilemma

Mixed reaction greets cloning of human embryo

‘No’ to a complete ban on gene editing

The gene altering technology may help in the eradication of hereditary diseases

Biotech wine

ASIA-PACIFIC

How cells differentiate

More of us

Britain approves the cloning of humans

UNITED NATIONS

Single mothers

Evolution doesn't favour sexual reproduction

Karnataka farmers upset over Bt cotton

Zimbabwe row over GM food aid ends

United colours of humanity

Racial discrimination is a product of convictions and can be easily eradicated