For the love of gond

How an edible gum works wonders for the taste buds as well as health, explains Pooja Singh

The wood femine

Decline in supplies has badly affected many traditional crafts. Woodcarving in Saharanpur is one of them. Despite a revitalised export market, …

Science of the Common people

A recent congress highlighted the relevance of people-oriented science and technology such as the management of water, forests and agriculture.

Oasis underneath

Local people in the arid Churu district of Rajasthan know how to store sweet rainwater for the scorching, parched summers

Some knowledge is forever

The validity of traditional ecological practices, in terms of sustainability, has to be examined scientifically

Sage advice

Africa's researchers and scientists discuss their traditional knowledge and developmental skills for better sustainability

Catching the wind

Modern designers of interior climate control can learn a thing or two from traditional windtowers and windtunnels

Unveiling the past

People are now realising that the solutions to many modern problems lie buried somewhere in our traditional sciences

A dying craft

The technique of producing iron from low-grade ore used by the Agarias was environmentally sound. But the community is marginalised today, and …

Protecting the nation's patents

V K GUPTA , director, National Institute of Science Communication (NISCOM), tells VIBHA VARSHNEY how they set about building the Traditional …

Chinese ritual - Homage online

Chinese government departments have devised a rather strange solution to the problem of congestion and traffic jams. They have requested mourners …

The saas-bahu cereal

Aparna Pallavi took 20 years to understand Vidarbha’s culinary character. It lies in the staple

Only participatory technology is appropriate

The value of traditional solutions

Transplanted maize taking root

Due recognition

Lessons of yore

Ancient traditions hold the key to sustainable management of natural resources

Spinning with ease

Patented to act

Basmati embroglio -- stoked to cook

Planting doubt

A new research creates controversy about the efficacy of Ginkgo biloba supplements

Hot on the poachers' trail

S&T + R&D = 8% GDP growth

High office and scientific understanding seem further apart today

Safeguarding tradition

Killing fields

AIDS threatens subsistence agriculture in Africa

Ad hoc move?

Orissa's new prawn culture plan might harm fisherfolk