The many ways of GM contamination

Doug Gurian-Sherman, a senior scientist in the food and environment programme at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), is among the most …

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Gone to the shepherd in the sky

Writer Gerald Malcom Durrell's death leaves a void in both the animal and the human world

What they say, what they mean

Today's scientist is no longer the absent-minded cosmic thinker, the entity has emerged as a brash species that believes in elbowing its way up

Death of a genius

Nonconformist to the core, Linus C Pauling epitomised the spirit of science and peace

A bright crystal

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, crystallographer and Nobel laureate in chemistry, sparkled in a predominantly male preserve

'Sab kuch chalta hai!'

When 4,000 scientists gather for their annual session, there's more than serious academic review that takes place. RUSTAM VANIA records his …

Walking tall

Jonas Salk, the man who humbled the dreaded polio virus, was that rarest of scientists, the "unconventional upstart"

Bring scientists out of their ivory labs

There have been many a slip between developing technology and applying it to everyday life

Edison’s estranged apprentice

An eccentric genius who thought big with electricity

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

A long road ahead

Despite its vast numbers of scientists and research institutes, Indian science has always fared poorly on the global front. Several reasons have …

A brief mania called Hawkins

Barely 100 out of the 5,000 present at the Stephen Hawking public lecture actually understood what he said. Some felt Hawking had endorsed the …

Kani vs Kani

Kanis are dragged into bureaucratic wrangling, pitting them against each other

The red tape vs Kanis

The forest department reserves the right to conserve arogyapacha, and prevents Kanis from selling it outside

The miracle-makers

Scientists are only now finding out the Kanis' knowledge of herbal remedies. The most outstanding find so far is arogyapacha

Potters’ wisdom for last journey

Agents Of Change, Animal Dung, Bihar, Scientists, Forest Conservation, Traditional Knowledge

GREEN REMEDIES

The status of health can be improved with proper environment management

DISTRESS SIGNALS

New diseases are emerging with changes in the environment, some old diseases are also staging a comeback

DYING FOR PROGRESS

The growth of cities and industries has severely affected the environment. The spread of disease has increased with the spread of civilisation

Permitting wildlife science

Forest permissions haunt wildlife research

God’s Invincible Laddoo

Tirupati temple wins its Geographical Indications case on a specious logic; registry order sidesteps fundamental issues

Why scientists don’t back Novartis claim

As Novartis’ Indian patent case reaches end, a reminder of how scientists view unfair patents