Santa Clarita wildfire threatens air quality in Los Angeles

The Southern California Air Quality Management District and LA County Public Health have issued a smoke advisory for Los Angeles due to the smoke …

Packaged food labels in US to have bigger, bolder display of calories

US Food and Drug Administration behind move aimed at helping people to make better informed choices

Finally, firm no to software patents

The Patent Office has clearly said software patents can only be granted if linked to novel hardware

Hackers—good and bad

Documentary>> We are a legion • directed by Brian Knappenberger

Reforming the cyber nation

Book>> I know who you are and i saw what you did; social networks and the death of privacy • Free Press • US $26

Animal rights primer

Book>> Animal Rights: What Everyone Needs To Know • by Paul Waldau • OUP, New York • US $10.7

COVID-19: How useful are travel restrictions in curbing spread?

Travel bans make sense only in the beginning of a pandemic, say experts

Pentagon report says UFOs can't be explained, and this admission is a big deal

The report does not, as many were hoping, conclude UFOs are alien spacecraft.

Much in a name

Online Review>> Court Verdict • US

Sued for snooping

Telecommunication>> Government Surveillance • US

Real Hunger Games

Film>> Marketing Strategy • US

Rap for ad

Advertisement>> Mountain Dew ÔÇó The US

What gas

Advertisement>> Coke • The US

Crude and wholesome

Whole plant of sweet wormwood more effective than its extract in treating malaria

Proof in the pee

Simple urine test can help identify Kawasaki disease

NASA goofs up

Photo>> Everest • US/Nepal

The inside story

How popular tuberculosis drug works

Crust falls apart

2004 megaquake fractured the Indo-Australian plate of Earth

For the record

Quest for life

Will any of the 716 planets discovered outside the solar system be habitable?

Seaweeds threaten corals

Release chemicals that cause bleaching

Autism caused by genes or environment?

Recent studies add weight to the environmental factor theory

Factsheet: Global Emissions

In 2013, the Netherlands Environmental Agency (NEA) jointly with the European Commission (EC) published a report on global carbon emissions. One …

Carving the carbon cake

NGOs literally cut up a carbon cake and distrbuted crumbs to the G77 president while the US delegates refused to accept their overwhelming portion.

Factsheet: The emissions imbalance

In 2007, the US had less than 5 per cent of the global population, but it accounted for 20 per cent of global CO2 emissions. India, with almost …