Carved in stone: What are these warning signs that Europe’s drought has revealed

Hunger stones are a common hydrological marker in the region that date back to the pre-instrumental era

Environmental organisations decry major European navigation project

The Danube-Oder-Elbe Canal intends to connect the Black, Baltic and North seas for navigation

Exploring the similarities in human action

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EC quota drives Germans bananas

A plan to restrict import of bananas from Latin American countries is being opposed tooth and nail by the Germans.

"Environmental breakfasts" in mega-hotels

Big business in Germany more than in any other country. But how delighted should an environmentalist be with this development?

Peppered by pain

Latest findings in tests with rats could lead to the development of new pain-killing drugs

Many hands in media

Documentaries>> Charpashe Films by Children A project of Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata

Madness again

Blast from the ancient past

Cooling system

Cobweb wires

Tackling oil spills

Checking leukaemia

Alarm over terror tool

Smallpox scare leads to panic purchase of its vaccine

N-plants face closure

Air sick

Another reason for not giving excess antibiotics to farm animals

Weeding out a menace

Kerala plans to use water hyacinth to manufacture an important industrial enzyme

Hitler's minefield

Reality check

Forward block

Guns are too large

The perfect brew

Undercover agents

What makes nematodes so good at killing crop pests

Trust shaken and time lost at Bonn climate talks

Trust and inclusiveness were questioned even more when observers or civil society were barred from attending the negotiations

Germany tries to pass the buck

The meeting of the climate convention negotiating committee, which was meant to evolve criterion for reducing global greenhouse gas emissions, …