What a bloody mess

When the Ebola virus broke on April 10 this year, the scientific world went into a tizzy? It's uncontrollable, it's the big daddy of horror movies,…

Visionary

Blind terror: 80 per cent of the world's sightless are in the developing world, and the number will double by the turn of the century. Carl …

Homework on global summits

Representatives of the South must pull up their socks on garnering vital data on the ongoing policy debates

The Net profit

Today the Internet gives people a new voice as well the power to use it. People are communicating directly with government officials and …

Suicidal growth

The debate over 'terminator technology' takes a new turn with the discovery of 36 sterility patent claims by public and private institutes the …

Only connect?

Telecommunications and the television (TV) broadcasting sectors have been most instrumental in ushering in what is called the 'Information society'…

Victory dance of the impotent

It is sickening to see the Union home minister rejoice when dam oustees despair

UN General Assembly 2023: Crucial biodiversity fund gets enough money to be operational

Nature and People: From Ambition to Action side event also saw new contributions toward target of conserving 30% land & ocean by 2030

Warming up to diseases

Can the Global Biodiversity Framework Fund make a difference?

The world’s new biodiversity framework fund is without any real financial commitment to meet conservation targets 

Extreme heat affects Indian women more than men, says new study

As we talk more about climate change, the question of climate justice and equity will take centre stage

Polymeristic world

Conducting polymers are modifying items of everyday use

Satellite images help monitor ocean warmth

Meteorologists can now use satellite pictures to keep track of hot spots in the Pacific.

Biodiversity under threat worldwide

The year of Microsoft

The software giant rides high on the success of Windows 95

The bitter half

Life Under the Sun

Can life countinue to survive on the sun's energy harvested by photosynthesis

Global health threat

Children of a lesser god

Woody Warfare

World forestry talks end without a consensus on a global convention on forests

Destruction unlimited

Clarion call

The bent of mind

MONEYMAKERS

A subtle invasion

"Biological pollution" threatens biodiversity