Elimination kit

For the American bollworm, a common cotton pest

A fault discovered

Scientists spot a new tectonic fault in Nepal

Con-fusion?

A nuclear controversy

America thinks

Poets in lab coats

Book>> The Age of Wonder, How The Romantic Generation Discovered The Beauty And Terror Of Science Pantheon Books, New York Indian Price Rs 1,000

Goodies from Darwin

Wallaces butterflies

The man and his machine

Book>> The man who invented the computer • by Jane Smiley • Doubleday • Indian Price Rs 750

How eggs do it

Tiniest of errors in sex cell division can lead to abnormalities in offspring. Arshad Desai from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego, …

Can we live forever?

Though all living beings have a finite life span, beyond a certain age, the probability of survival becomes unpredictable.

Peasant women list their woes to scientists

At a recent conference, women farm workers got a chance to discuss their problems with agricultural experts.

Battle fatigue

The environmental implications of the border-war in Siachen

Breaking the rural barrier

The Centre for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas, set up in 1974, was a bold effort at bringing appropriate technology to the …

Scientists in the fields

Farmers in South Andamans benefit with guidance from the Central Agricultural Research Institute

चावल के रोगजनक फफूंद की अनुवांशिक विविधता का पता चला

वैज्ञानिकों का कहना है कि यह अनुवांशिक जानकारी शीथ ब्लाइट रोग प्रतिरोधी चावल की किस्में विकसित करने में मददगार हो सकती है

Explained: The cancer therapy that got two immunologists a Nobel

The immunologists’ immune checkpoint therapy has revolutionised cancer treatment

Book on inspiring moments of great scientists released

It seeks to reveal important facets of development of science and technology 

Kalpana Chawla—a mission becomes impossible

In all the media hype, the legacy left behind by the Columbia (STS-107) crew was almost forgotten–a wealth of information gathered from …

Early years with nature

Book>>An appetite for wonder, the making of a scientist • Eco Books • Rs 1,930

Scientists talk back

Communications>> Science Research • Canada

Novel Therapy

Bimal K Banik is President’s Endowed Professor and professor of chemistry at College of Science and Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan …

Catching them young

Every year, the Indian Science Congress Association awards young scientists of the country. Down To Earth spoke to some of the winners about …

Perfect model

Biologists use a variety of animal models for experiments. But a mouse or a fruitfly cannot truly represent a human being. Jessica Bolker, …

Faulty policies

Red tape loosened