Tweet for trouble

Twitter>> Privacy • US/UK

Posterity at peril

Dialogues of identity

Development news, polarisation and social media in times of Lok Sabha polls

Polarisation of development news in social media makes its impact partisan and non-effective

Book review: Plastics for Environment & Sustainable Development

For those concerned about the 'plastic age' in which we live, this 'eco-assessment study' is a must read. But do not go by the report's name, for …

Banning spam

The uk government has proposed a crackdown on the much-hated menace of e-mail spam. It intends to check those indulging in the insidious practice …

Book review: Garbage Wars: The Struggle For Environmental Justice By David Naguib Pellow

Sociologist David Naguib Pellow has come out with an engrossing account of Chicago from the perspective of what surrounds us all: garbage. It is …

Book review: Inventing Global Ecology by Michael Lewis

In the 1950s and 1960s India used to import not only subsidised sewing needles and milk, but also wildlife conservation science from the US. …

MasterChef in trouble

TV Show>> Fishing • UK

Two bullies

APPS>>Spying ÔÇó US/UK

Dragon lands on ostrich egg

GLOBE>> HISTORY • Austria

Oldest calendar

Calendar>> Archaeology• The UK

Marine marvels

Film>> Oceans • Australia

Twister jam

TV>> WEATHER REPORT • USA

Snippets

Scrolling into stress: How climate fears hit youth

Our young people are getting a dose of social media-driven eco-anxiety over the environment. There are ways we can help them beat it.  

Cyber dystopia

Novel>>The Circle • by David Eggers • Alfred Knopf • Kindle Edition • US $9.99

Dark shades of art

Galleries>> Corruption • UK/Tajikstan

English distress

Language>> Litigation • Japan

Enough of noise

PHONE APP>> BIRDS • The UK

Trial becomes comic

COMIC>> BRADLEY MANNING • USA

Battle over paper

Newsprint>> Politics • Argentina

More facts, more doubts

Monsanto ups the Bt cotton ante with a feel-good survey

Book notice: Samagra Vikas

Diverse: this word best describes the compilation. The sources from which the articles are drawn are diverse -- The Hindu, New Scientist, Span …

Website review: Stargazers' delight

http://www.science.nasa.gov - This National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-maintained website should be of immense interest to space-…