Antarctic explorer Robert Scott's last letter put on display

New search engine could rival Google, Yahoo

Antarctica turns gallery for artists

Gang leader for a day, a rogue sociologist crosses the line

Book>> Gang Leader For A Day, A Rogue Sociologist Crosses The line by Sudhir Venkatesh, Allen Lane London 2008

Pesticides in soft drinks: media war

With their reputation at stake, the soft drinks industry started a major public relations offence. After decades of some of the most glamorous …

अस्तित्व की लड़ाई

मोनार्क मिल्कवीड के बिना जीवित नहीं रह सकते, इसलिए इन तितलियों ने मिल्कवीड की विषाक्तता को बर्दाश्त करने और जल्दी मौत से खुद को ...

The enemy within

>> All About Bacteria, by Ravi Mantha, Harper Collins, Rs 299

The white man's ecological burden

ETHICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECTE Edited by Harold Coward and Thomas Hurka Publisher: The Calgary Institute for the Humanities (…

Website review: Going 'rural'

www.ruralnaukri.com proclaims itself as a "'Haat' where buyers and sellers of rural talent meet". But if you think it is entirely to do with …

A virtual takeover

A set of electronic postings on the subject of AIDS on the prestigious British Medical Journal (BMJ) website are making AIDS researchers see red

Website review: One-stop source

www.indusscitech.net

Snippets

Southern California forest fires

Here are some of the different uses of the forest fires that raged in southern California, USA, this month: The Washington Post reported that the …

Book review: Deep and detailed

Indian Estuaries S Z Qasim Allied Publishers Pvt Limited, Delhi p420

I drink cola, therefore I am?

Book notice: Green peace

Environmental Peacemaking Edited by: Ken Conca and Geoffrey D Dabelko Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 244+15 pp

Photo-copy

If this is world's best in photojournalism, then it is shocking. Make no mistakes. Most of the photographs, featured at the Annual World Press …

"Ad" nauseum: Science and technology

It is "payback" time for the scientific establishment too! The incumbent Indian government, keen to amass political capital well before the next …

Film review: Massacre of the innocents

The Killing Fields: Orissa's Appalling Turtle Crisis, produced by Shekar Dattatri

Magic on the pages: Harry Potter goes green

Endangered forests were not something the wizards at Hogwarts have had to bother about. Until now...

Book review: Social Watch India

Governance acts as the mid-wife for development. Accountable and responsive governance is the surest way for perfect delivery of the fruits of …

Water, water everywhere

Ford: Looking backward

To coincide with Ford's centenary celebrations in Dearborn, Michigan, the us environmental group Sierra Club is planning to run an advertising …

Fat before fit

Apparently, the uk government has decided to fight obesity by promoting chocolate consumption. It has endorsed a campaign by Cadbury Schweppes to …

Website review: www.rainwaterharvesting.org

Summer is here and with it water wars at neighbourhood taps and tanker stops. To find a way out of scarcity, visit the Centre for Science and …