Storm and dust

Mind over matter

Hungry nations

Child killer

UNITED NATIONS

New heavenly bodies

Responsive to responsibility

Building hope

Atlantic collapse: Q&A with scientists behind controversial study predicting a colder Europe

Physicist Peter Ditlevsen and his sister, the statistician Susanne Ditlevsen, on findings that have stirred controversy in some quarters

When the sun flares up

During its active stage, the star spews tonnes of plasma that can disrupt satellites and power grids. Is the world ready to protect itself?

UNEP set to navigate a new course

The United Nations Environment Programme, which had previously advanced legal instruments to solve global environmental problems, is now …

How images can break or make corporations

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Should life forms be patented globally?

Patents are monopoly rights granted to the inventors to protect their economic interests. But this becomes complicated when the patent is …

Off to the next round

The South came back reasonably victorious from Rio, it was only because of the poor leadership of USA. The question now is: will it be able to …

Two new worlds

'Aid fatigue' in the West is changing the perception of the development paradigm of the poorer countries

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,…

Not mine, says India

India, the US, and a handful of nations have decided to keep out of the agreement to ban anti personnel landmines

Fisherfolk unite

People from fishing communities across the world are getting organised to fight for their rights

Not too many people

Demographers say world population will decline and one-fifth of it would be above 50 years by 2050

Fringe benefits

Twilight zones between two habitats could lead to divergence of species and even originate new ones

A question of heredity

The environment in which an embryo develops influences gene expression and some acquired traits can be inherited

Time to wake up

The demand for water and energy is likely to increase at a geometrical rate in the coming years. What are the policy options for a better …

Dams, lies and red tape

Pro- and anti-dam activists join hands to establish an independent body for reviewing large projects

Save the sea

...by encouraging local participation of fisherfolk to arrest overfishing and damage to the eco-system

Transplant tricks

Bone marrow transplantation shows promise of curing patients afflicted with sickle-cell disease