Worm-eaten

Rockets go-ahead

Hanuman: man, monkey or langur?

The Hindu monkey god Hanuman comes across as a mosaic of different beings

Hair-raising promise

Cool sound

Biotech in the lead

Reprieve for yew

Matters of the heart

Vaccinated against conception

The latest in the array of contraceptives are vaccines against reproductive hormones.

Collision course

One of the enduring mysteries of particle physics is probably heading for a solution

Crystalline construction

No tear-jerker, this

A new technique to deliver drugs to eyes without making them water

Beastly gene

A disorder that causes hair to appear an over the body has been traced to a mutant gene

Bright lights

Scientists may soon know what powers quasars

WITHERED MODELS

Time for flowers

Scientists are catching up with the biological clock in plants

POISON ALGAE

Breathing out poison

The dark side of Indian science

What fearful paralysis of spirit is it that ails the Indian scientific establishment?

Espying bacteria

First gender

Two genes induce the intrinsically female embryo to change into a male

Protein cures cancer

Tax on royalties

Feverish inactivity

Trick up the sleeve

Sleeves and cuffs made of a new biodegradable material can help mend damaged blood vessels