Local smorgasbord

Book>> The food of a younger land: A Portrait of American food from the lost WPA files • by Mark Kurlansky • Riverhead books •…

Animal sacrifice

150 million animals are killed for research worldwide. Do humans really benefit?

Ways to budge Karzai

Advertisement>> National Policy • Afghanistan/US

Japan is about to land its first lunar probe. As more nations race to the Moon, how will we keep the peace?

Despite urgent recommendations from across the political spectrum to practice caution and avoid escalation, the world continues on a path towards …

Global Eco Watch: BSF seized 2,800 kg of Bangladeshi hilsa being smuggled into India since February

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

COVID-19: Tedros accepts proposal to ‘evaluate’ WHO's response

US Secretary of Health rebukes WHO, China at World Health Assembly

More than 4 billion people are eligible to vote in an election in 2024. Is this democracy’s biggest test?

Even amid spreading illiberalism and disillusionment about the benefits of a democratic system, there is reason for cautious optimism 

Robo-journalism

Newsreport>>Earthquake • USA

How private is privacy?

Apathy towards online surveillance is making Big Brother more powerful by the day

What drives pesticide use

Study says land simplification has no link to use of pesticide

Bag the bug

Slippery dog bowl better than bait chemicals at killing bed bugs

Texas deep freeze: Satellite images how the state plunged into darkness in days

The historic cold blast claimed almost 30 lives in Texas

Bad bug

Pine beetles make water quality dip in North America

Code of conduct for space

EU drafts law to govern space activities as countries increase explorations

Face the sun

Vitamin D deficiency on the rise; tests to identify it inaccurate

Locust repellents

The insect dislikes crops rich in nitrogen and proteins

Dirt on White House

E-mails>> Solar energy • US

The air just got dirtier

Nonvolatile herbicides lost more through vapourisation

Retina visuals capture heart

Pollution narrows arteries, raises risk of heart diseases

Radical material for solar cells

Rice of health

Ranbaxy barred

Beyond teething stage

Next generation clean fuel

If stingrays had lawyers