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Evolution with full stops and commas

Darwinian sapience takes a beating as the notion of 'punctuated equilibrium' - which postulates that evolution occurred in sudden fits and starts -…

Life in one dimension

The missing links to the awe-inspiring blooming of an embryo into an adult animal may be at hand

Wild foods

Wild fruits in the Himalayas could well be an answer to the nutrition and energy requirements of the region

Carl Sagan detected life on Earth 30 years ago — here’s how his experiment is helping us search for alien species today

A strong case for life elsewhere will likely require a combination of mutually supporting evidence

Bhitarakanika sanctuary in Orissa has faulty conservation policy

WHO, ILO lay down guidelines to tackle stress in workplaces

Depression and anxiety are thought to account for 12 billion lost workdays annually, costing the world economy close to $1 trillion

Unhearthed

Human encroachment has created imbalance in the avian ecology. Better management practices are needed for the conservation of species diversity

Jaggery made using time-tested method is more wholesome

Oxygen bars may cause health risks

The great Pacific garbage patch

Scientists recreate building blocks of life

NASA researchers recreate amino acids in lab as it may have formed billions of years ago

Seabirds are eating plastic litter in our oceans—but not only where you'd expect

By 2050, 99% of the world's seabird species will be accidentally eating plastic, unless we take action to clean up the oceans

The granny show

A festival that takes the gut root to revive traditional farming and lifestyle

True green

Lactating males

Pummelled into life

Of birds and beaks

Beach poison

Genetic signature

Plant parley

Some seed

Red alert

On elastic wings

What powers an insect's flight?

Deceitful dilemma

A theory developed to study chess and poker offers an insight into why some animals cheat