Where is antimatter?

Scientists create heaviest antimatter. It will help understand evolution of the universe

Ignorance is low IQ, cancer

PCBs, dioxins write the fate of people living near a dumpsite

The thalidomide story explained

How a drug prescribed for nausea in pregnant women led to severe limb defects in their babies  

Just for that tangy taste

Soft drinks have added phosphates which accelerate ageing  

Time for some ‘sustainable charity’

Water and electricity wasted because of the Ice Bucket Challenge could have provided water to 17,777 households and lighted up 16 million households

Why do we need patents?

There is no empirical evidence that patents serve to increase innovation and productivity

Tesla's `insane' move to free up patents

The electric carmaker's decision could spur a revolution in green vehicles and in the way patents are viewed

2nd coalition of the willing: bad for climate and for us

The US and us

Global Eco Watch: How climate may have helped exacerbate Spanish Flu

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology  

COVID-19 to Black Lives Matter: How the Columbian Exchange still shapes lives

Down To Earth talks with American journalist and author Charles C Mann about the relevance of the Columbian Exchange in today’s pandemic-…

Smoke and mirrors on COVID-19 drugs?

In a brutal fight to corner the successful outcome of research, governments are openly using money power to grab the first rights to promising …

कोविड-19: क्या सही है हाइड्रोक्सीक्लोरोक्वीन पर इतना ज्यादा भरोसा करना

ब्रिटिश मेडिकल जर्नल ने कोविड -19 के इलाज में हाइड्रोक्सीक्लोरोक्वीन के उपयोग पर सवाल उठाया है

Does Volkswagen fraud signal death of diesel?

Making diesel vehicles clean, powerful and fuel-efficient is no easy task, and the Volkswagen cheating case has exposed this. This should act as …

Setback for clean innovation, boost to fossil fuels

USA’s exit from the Paris Agreement can lead to a higher degree of global temperature rise, with widespread impacts

Paris foretold and forewarned: what to expect from COP21

The French government knows it cannot make the same blunders as the Danish government made in Copenhagen in 2009, when trust between countries&…

Why demand for Gondwana state continues to be scuttled

Successive governments have been rejecting demand for separate tribal state in central India on the ground that there is no unifying language. …

Polar vortex may freeze parts of US again this winter

Private weather forecaster AccuWeather forecasts a colder winter due to polar vortex; US Met office bets on El Niño

Red alert on Indian spices

Spice Board challenges US food department’s claims over salmonella contamination

'Cheap gas makes renewables appear less attractive'

Researcher and professor at University of Maryland, Klaus Hubacek, explains the costs of the natural gas boom in terms of its impact for overall …

US’ revised Clean Power Plan not ambitious enough

The final plan boasts of only a marginal difference in the amount of power generation-related emissions reduced until 2030

Denmark stakes claim over North Pole and a large chunk of the Arctic

Seeks formal recognition of its extended territory from UN

Arsenic just got dirtier

Exposure to arsenic also increases risk of hypertension

Honey trade just got stickier

US industry shows distrust in India, sets its own certificate to ensure source of honey

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