Why welcome trouble?

What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have …

Warm and convenient

Researchers are developing low-cost warmers for infants even as doctors remain divided over the efficacy of the product

Annoying the US, our way

Despite close cooperation with American enforcement officials, US unhappy with India’s report card

`We've strong evidence that eating sugar contributes to heart disease'

Kimber Stanhope, nutritional biologist at the University of California, Davis, US, is studying the health effects of fructose, a component of …

Accidental toxic spill in Colorado river continues to spread

Authorities deny any threat to fish and other wildlife 

Science & Technology - Bytes

Increasing green cover could trigger the release of carbon trapped in soil

No more freebies to doctors: GSK

Pharma company changes marketing strategy to put an end to malpractices

Plane truth

People near airports are at an increased risk of heart diseases

Gene patent verdict is as good as it gets

The US Supreme Court’s verdict in the Myriad case keeps everyone happy

Organic v conservative

Scientists contest an age-old agricultural technique

US tastes cream paste

COP15 Montreal: ‘30x30 will create more militarised Protected Areas’

Fiore Longo, director of the French chapter of Survival International, details the disadvantages of 30x30 of the Global Diversity Framework

Intolerance in Paris: an opinion by Sunita Narain

As I write this, it is two days to the endgame at the Paris climate conference. Despite problems, everybody is clear that there will be an …

Big blue trips up Twitter

IBM’s claim of patent violation by Twitter reflects the madness in software litigation in the US

The Microsoft way

Wherein an Indian firm using pirated Microsoft software here is sued in the US by California state for using unfair trade advantage

Looming threat of a secretive trade pact

Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement will extend restrictive intellectual property laws globally

Guar mine

Farmers in Rajasthan make big bucks as shale gas rush boosts demand for little-known cluster bean

Awesome monarchs

Migration cycle of the fragile monarch butterfly extends beyond its average lifespan

Glacier through drone's eye

Researchers use new technology to gather data in rugged, inaccessible Himalayan terrain

Secret of sensitivity

Study says chlorine in tap water and pesticides behind rising food allergies

Ground reality

Animal diversity in the soil mapped for the first time

Trump must confront climate challenge, but will he?

People in the US must turn up the heat on Donald Trump so that he doesn’t water down Obama's environmental agenda

Volkswagen to pay $14.7 billion to settle emissions-cheating cases

After violating environmental and consumer laws for years, Volkswagen makes the largest-ever automotive buyback offer in the US

US agency proposes more stringent rules to curb downwind air pollution

The proposal is expected to reduce emissions from power plants in 23 states, protecting neighbouring states from ozone pollution

The truth about US emissions

A close look at the inventory published by the US Environmental Protection Agency shows emissions rose and dipped due to market forces and …