A wild chase
Based on a 2015 probe that bust a major ivory smuggling racket in india, ‘Poacher’ provides a rare glimpse into the work of forest …
What to read and watch: Tortoise Under the Earth and other new releases
Two new books and two documentaries that caught our attention this week
2022 too short, too far: DTE’s roundup of the year’s top stories
The best of our reportage from 2022 in one place
Review: ‘The Railway Men’ fails to elevate from soggy soap opera to crackling survival thriller on Bhopal Gas Tragedy
Multiple character arcs, unnecessary storylines turn The Railway Men into a YRF drama that thrives on high use of glycerine, misplaced suspense …
Climate disaster movies resonate in ways that news never will
As we face the escalating challenges of climate catastrophe, embracing diverse and emotionally engaging storytelling in mainstream media becomes …
The earliest humans swam 100,000 years ago, but swimming remains a privileged pastime
This year the OECD reported that only one in four people in low-income countries can swim
Bheed: A brave, flimsy take
Bheed is a loud social commentary that falls flat due to the weight of too many half-cooked stories & characters sequenced into a linear …
Journalists reporting on the COVID-19 pandemic relied on research that had yet to be peer reviewed
Journalists need to be supported in verifying and communicating about preprints effectively and ethically; the quality of news depends on it now
Agronomic recommendations: How are antibiotics being used on crops?
A few antibiotics considered critically important for human medicine are being recommended for use on over 100 crops, an analysis has found
Land the size of Central Asia lost since 2015 due to degradation
At this rate, restoring 1.5 billion hectares of land by 2030 will be necessary to achieve a land-degradation-neutral world
Book Digest: Tales of tradition from Himalayas, cultural influences in COVID-19 world and more
Prospects of fossil-free future to politics of climate change, DTE tracks new books on environment and development from leading authors
Beyond protected areas: This new book explores how India's conservation scene turned inclusionary
‘At the Feet of Living Things’ journals experiences of ecologists who practise a collaborative and socio-ecologically sensitive …
Book Digest: Tracing world order from 2008 financial crisis to COVID-19, Shaheen Bagh and more
From stories of climate crisis to women-led movement for equal rights, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from …
Can game theory help detect drug-resistant bacteria?
Washington State University researchers developed a software tool, with a graphic user interface, that can identify most relevant features …
COVID-19: Why biocide overuse needs to be addressed to tackle AMR
Excessive use of biocides can be a potential threat that could drive AMR further, underlined a WHO editorial