Global reports on biodiversity, land quality to be released in four days

The meeting that will see the launch has begun in Medellin, Columbia

Bumps found at the LHC could be ‘signs of new particle’

A similar bump found four years ago, had led to the discovery of the Higgs boson

Forbidden country

Website>> Baidu • China

Biblophile On Web

Online>> www.booksy.in

Bright idea

Catalysis breakthrough makes chemical production green

In censor’s web

SOFTWARE>>CENSORSHIP • Internet

Search ends in gangland

Google>> Lawsuit • Australia

Researchers’ horror act

Film>> Scientists • Antarctic

Game of hide and seek

Internet>> New York Times • The US/China

Eternal quest

Fascination and challenges of the search for extra-terrestrial life

Google flies in face of privacy rules

Website>> Google • Europe

Twitter grows conservative

Social Media>> Censorship • Twitter

Origin of child birth

Junk DNA, the precursor of modern mammalian pregnancy

Vitamin C helps smokers

Clothing the desert

A sturdy mountain tree could transform chilly deserts into lush fields

Plastic is good

Lead on the palate

The final assault

The Indian subcontinent is probably the only region still at high risk from the polio virus

Antarctica blues

Indian scientists discover how living in the frigid continent affects the mind and the body

Zap the bacteria

Decoding life

Plants as toxin purifiers

In their disposable cups

Summertime blues

Cleaner air