Old shine

Indian scientists have found a chemical that cleans antique metallic objets d'art without damaging the patina

Anatomy of the plague

The Black Death is an established phenomenon the world over, so there is no point pillorying India alone

Expedition.com

Click here to participate in an archaeological expedition some 2,000 km away from home. Thanks to the Internet, 30 Australian students will go on-…

Changing notions

Who were the first people to use the alphabet? Semitic people of Egypt, says a fresh discovery

Noteworthy

Santhal trio pulls right strings to keep alive a dying tradition

Dragon lands on ostrich egg

GLOBE>> HISTORY • Austria

Oldest calendar

Calendar>> Archaeology• The UK

`Ancient Indian literature displays exact knowledge of environmental phenomena'

Retired diplomat and well-known translator of ancient Sanskrit texts, Aditya Narayan Dhairyasheel Haksar recently released the reprint of his …

Bhutan: Pursuit of happiness

Karma Tshiteem is the secretary of the Gross National Happiness Commission, the novel name of Bhutan’s Planning Commission. He tells Aditya …

Dark shades of art

Galleries>> Corruption • UK/Tajikstan

Trial becomes comic

COMIC>> BRADLEY MANNING • USA

News Snippets

Where did the Earth’s oxygen come from? New study hints at an unexpected source

Some of Earth’s early oxygen came from tectonic sources via movement & destruction of crust

Technology To The Core, Science and Technology with Indira Gandhi

Book>>Technology To The Core, Science And Technology With Indira Gandhi by Ashok Parthasarthi Pearson Longman 2007

Lehar cyclone - updates

Antiquity of life

Science in fetters

SCIENCE AND THE RAJ Deepak Kumar Oxford University Press

CHILE

Dead ants ressurected

First last rite

Culture shock

Genghis Khan is still with us!

Australian aboriginals sue London's Natural History Museum

Survey to find out the length of the Great Wall of China

Environmental change may have played a role at the dawn of Egyptian history — here’s how

As the environment changed, the Nile Delta gradually became much less rich in wild food resources

The peasant rebels of the Satnami Rebellion

'Fear of Lions' is a fictional retelling of the Satnami revolt against Aurangzeb, and underlines the importance of rebellion in times of oppression