Inverse proportion: species quantum and carbon dioxide

The extinction of species decreases plant productivity and impairs the functions of an ecosystem -- like mopping up carbon dioxide

A peep at planetary births

The Gemini twin-telescope project, being spearheaded by Britain, will help astronomers watch a planet being born

The economics of teenage pregnancies

A study finds teenage pregnancies occur more frequently in socially backward areas than affluent areas, but the opposite holds true for abortions

Cultivating wood for fuel

Faced with food surpluses, farmers in the UK are being encouraged to plant trees on part of their land and sell wood as fuel for heating or …

Bouquets and brickbats for Thorp

Japan and Germany have welcomed the go-ahead for Britain's Thorp nuclear reprocessing plant, but opponents feel it will lead to nuclear proliferation.

Projecting a distorted reality

A documentary for British children presents an inaccurate and oversimplified image of India.

Green, yet mean

Reducing vehicular pollution and promoting the automobile industry: the twain shall probably never meet. A UK government survey too, does not …

Soaring greener heights

Surrey University in the UK, specialising in satellite engineering, is developing a hybrid rocket motor that uses liquid and solid fuel, both of …

The cholesterol dilemma

High levels of cholesterol in the blood can prove risky. But low levels could be even more dangerous. Well, high or low, cholesterol seems to …

Drip as you trip

Patients hooked on to intravenous drug delivery systems have so far had to confine themselves to their beds. But a new portable infusion pump …

Flower on order

Genetic engineering can soon make plants bloom on cue and change the shape of a plant as required

Third twin? not yet

The possibility of human cloning after a sheep has been cloned recently, seem hardly welcome as critics raise questions about humankind's …

Malaria cornered

The killer malarial parasite may become vulnerable if drugs that target a particular enzyme are developed

Smooth operators

Tiny snake-like robotic appendages that worm into the human body and perform complicated operations. That's surgery of the future

Change at last

A recent study says that the Ganga Action Plan has led to some improvement in the water quality of the Ganga

Roman retreat

About 2,000 years ago, when the Romans ruled London, they gave the city its first centrally-heated homes. A look back in time

Bees lose way

How common pesticides affect bee populations

Tracing its footprints

Colonial plants

A great panic

Overextended banks crashing, leading to recession. 1873 revisited

America’s frozen aid

A commodity from their former colony kept the English cool in 19th century India

Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal

Watch out for new COVID-19 strain, warns Niti Aayog’s Paul

Priority genome sequencing for those landing from the UK amid heightened surveillance

Diesel confuses bees

Emissions interfere with floral odours that guide honeybees

Caspian tigers may not be extinct