Edison’s estranged apprentice

An eccentric genius who thought big with electricity

A modern Mary Shelley

Will only accept transformative policies to tackle climate crisis: USCAN

US Climate Action Network executive director writes before the elections are called on what lies ahead

Coronavirus: Kerala count now three

The Shanghai Composite Index went down on February 3 even as third generation transmission was confirmed

Climate Emergency CoP 25: Equity should be a practical necessity, not a moral nicety

Richest 10 per cent population produces half of Earth’s fossil-fuel emissions

Superbugs found in pork products in Walmart US

9 of the 16 Walmart batches tested contained at least one multi-drug-resistant bacteria

Why tyranny could be the inevitable outcome of democracy

The elected political leadership in many countries currently has vindicated Greek philosopher Plato's observation

Plastic waste illegally imported into India, claims expose

Carried out by 2 non-profits, the expose has claimed that other countries across Asia too bearing the brunt

Trump Administration dilutes Endangered Species Act

Critics say the move will hasten the extinction of those species in the country which are endangered

US, Russia, China race to develop hypersonic weapons

Weapons that travel far faster than sound may be snazzy, but what about the defence against them

US sound and fury over drug prices

The US Senate is outraged by the rapacious pricing policy of drug firms but will it act to reform the system?

Democratic regression, human rights and SDGs

Governments, the private sector and civil society, all have to play their part to see to it that SDGs are implemented

Of whales and men

Is Japan’s decision to leave the International Whaling Commission really that big a deal?

Yellowstone’s solution to its excess bison problem: Capture and send them for slaughter

Park officials will capture 600-900 of the animals this winter and ship them

Translocation can stop extinction: new salamander study

A Purdue University research tracked 41 Hellbenders, a type of salamander found in the midwestern US

Traces of glyphosate found in breakfast cereal in US: study

Furious debate rages in the US following the report’s release over how much glyphosate is too much for humans

Donald J Trump vs Panthera Onca

The US President’s plan to wall off the US-Mexico Border could end any efforts by jaguars to re-colonise land north of the Rio Grande

Economic Survey tells government to utilise public finance to combat climate change

Green finance from private sources is not available so the government must leverage public finance to stop global warming

Fog can be deadly, says study

Fog water contains 20 times more monomethylmercury, the most neuro-toxic form of mercury, than rain water

Negotiations in Montreal Protocol move at a slow pace

Parties start discussion on core challenges in a more focused way

Is this climate justice?

India and the US talk about being climate-sensitive but do the opposite

Water’s ways

Study confirms link between rainfall and riverbed erosion

Together is better

New algorithm shows how group size affects animals’ response to environmental changes

The Monarch’s ways

Art>> Butterfly • Mexico/USA

Life crashed into Earth?

Researchers provide evidence that rocks may have carried microbes across planets