Trolls whipped, really?

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Nano fix

Autoclave uses nanoparticles, sunlight to sterilise hospital equipment

An app beats court

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You’ve got an SMS

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Stink in the northeast

Unscientific coal mining is threatening the pristine beauty of Meghalaya while affecting the lives of many people

Feeding frenzy

14 fly species and 18 species of wasps found living in a single tropical flower, feeding on each other

Assam and its notion of nationhood

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One dollar, one language, one world

Ram Chandra Biswas rode 627,500 km on a humble bicycle and witnessed the world change, warmth giving way to suspicion. Sayantan Bera catches up …

Induced fertility

Study shows way to treat primary ovarian insufficiency, one of the disorders responsible for infertility

Malaria cases rise in Valsad

Gujarat health department confused why efforts to curb the disease have not yielded result

‘Let’s understand aquifers to save water’

Global warming, water shortage and a growing population. These are only a few of the problems that Earth faces today. Researchers are racing …

Did ecological impropriety lead to the end?

Historians generally agree that the death of the Indus Valley civilisation did not occur because of a single dramatic event, but came about due …

Sustainable paths versus sustainable freeways in an overgrazed globe

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Endgame

Calamities, environmental degradation and bad governance invest to make Orissa India's poorest state

Disastrous state

Floods, cyclones, heat waves and droughts have made Orissa the disaster capital of India. Is it just natural or is the state paying a price for …

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 …

Reconstructing atmospheric history

Old paintings can provide information about the composition of the atmosphere of bygone ages. When a volcano erupted in Indonesia in 1815, …

Ways to budge Karzai

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Simulating real-life networks

India is a leader in IT. But how do researchers here apply the science to improve people’s lives? Malay Bhattacharyya, assistant professor …

'Hellish dismall cloud'

The politics over smoke pollution dates back to the 13th century

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Towards a tusk-less future

The role of tusks in sexual selection questioned

History’s keepsake

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Robo-journalism

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Flyovers for Kaziranga rhinos

Assam proposes elevated roads to reduce accidents of animals on National Highway 37