Science teacher

Book>>Canon The Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier Penguin India Rs 399

The silicon route

Book>>The Long Revolution The Birth and Growth of India's IT Industry by Dinesh C Sharma Harper Collins Rs 495

Common man's access to space

Small satellites are providing cost-effective and reliable means of space exploration

No hair-raising experience this

Betaine aldehyde oxidase

Biodegradable at last

Use of organic catalysts to usher in a new range of plastics  

The real magic beans

Drumstick seeds can clarify water up to 99.5 per cent

Invasion triggers evolution

A study on lizards shows evolutionary change can occur swiftly when two closely related species compete

Twist in tale

Human foot is as flexible as that of great apes

‘Reality is not as fixed as people like to think’

Neuroscientist Nadine Dijkstra talks to Down To Earth about reality and perception

Scientists may have found an answer to antibiotic resistance

Australian scientists have found antibacterial properties in platypus milk

Microsoft’s gag order

Software>> Competition ÔÇó Spain

Google bullies a lexicon

Google>> Language ÔÇó Sweden

Worm wipeout

Controlling diet can help children get rid of intestinal worms

Fisheye view

Complex interplay of several factors decides fisheries’ fate

Apple loses its track

Apple>> Maps • Australia

Iran’s YouTube

Video sharing>> Persian culture • Iran

All birds in one tree

Scientists develop phylogenetic tree linking all bird species

A respite

Censorship>> Internet • Tajikistan

Dissolving dioxin

Lethal maternal cells

Dazzling rays

Tracing cosmic rays

Risks of travelling

Recovering rare metals

Japanese scientists have found a way to recover rare-earth metals from seawater