Not a blade of grass
...although the now bald pate of Iceland was once resplendent with grass and verdant willow, rowan and birch forests
Digging its own grave
Despite its glorious past, the future of the Archaeological Survey of India is jeopardised because of internal wrangling and a lack of a concrete …
Nuclear nemesis
Russian scientists confess to dumping atomic waste near major rivers to hide their Cold War sins
Rice goes against the grain
An Asian staple for over a millennium, rice has become important enough for the North to start raiding and patenting strains
The ups and downs of a science city
During the Raj, science flourished in Calcutta. But the city's fortunes changed drastically because of warped policies
Slow born on the atomic fast track
In February this year, the United States government publicly admitted to carrying out nuclear radiation tests on completely innocent human guinea pigs
Chill blast
Did American scientists help Russia acquire its atomic bomb? A new book triggers off a major post-Cold War controversy
From beer to recombinant DNA
...or how the ethical minefield of biotechnology has grown over time
In the past lies the future
From being a romantic quest for treasures and lost civilisations, archaeology has now come down to earth, increasingly associated with …