Rice originated in India

Fresh evidence from dung of dinosaurs changes many conceptions

Cosmic collision

Discovery of a crater sheds new light on the end of many Middle East civilisations

Flowering of scientific research in nineteenth century Calcutta

Is the Babudom reformed?

Women's role helped Homo sapiens survive

Home truhs, colonial lies

A noted Gandhian historian, DHARAMPAL has enquired into variousfacets of M-British Indian society. He has authored several books, including …

Bihar plans migratory bird festival to raise awareness about them

The festival organisers hope the event will help in keeping a check on bird poaching incidents by making citizens value them

How has the inside of the Earth stayed as hot as the Sun’s surface for billions of years?

Even now, moving plates keep changing the surface of the Earth, constantly making new lands and new oceans over millions and billions of years

Wet end of 2021 leads to fewer migratory birds in Odisha’s Chilika this year

Migratory birds are wintering in cultivated farmland near Chilika because of more water in it this year, say experts  

Britain and Europe: a long history of conflict and cooperation

British history is deeply connected to Europe and whatever the result of its referendum, this will continue

Taxman's hedge

Searching for the great hedge in the UK, Dileep Chinchalker uncovers the story of a hedge that ran from Torbela near Rawalpindi to Calcutta in …

Local smorgasbord

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A bunch of feisty women

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South Asia

Drying up of an empire

Water crisis behind the decline of Angkor Wat

Drugs and religion have been a potent combination for millennia, from cannabis at ancient funerary sites to psychedelic retreats today

The current ‘psychedelic renaissance’ is often called revolutionary for future of humans

Brief history of a line

The official definition of poverty keeps changing. A look at how the concept evolved Illustrations: Sorit

World Kiswahili Language Day: How a standard version of the east African language formed and spread across the world

Kiswahili has been adopted as a working language at the African Union

Bird in danger

Saving the black-necked cranes in India requires protecting its habitat

CHINA

Pox Americana

Is the West a victim of its own past?

Chinese caves throw light on Asian monsoons

Custard apples belong to South America, or India?

The demoralizing esculent

When it was introduced in Europe, people associated the potato with disease

Digging for diseases, past and present

Scientists are turning to ancient grave sites to unravel the mysteries of human ailments