‘Doomsday Vault’ now has a million samples after fresh seed deposit
Fresh stock of 60,000 seed samples were deposited into the vault
Amid COVID-19, doubts raised over hosting of Tokyo Summer Olympics
The Tokyo Summer Olympics are scheduled to be held from July 24, 2020
Climate change: Fish migration to hurt northwest Africa
Economies of northwest African countries would suffer as no policy measures to …
Antarctica island loses 20% ice in 10 days, NASA images show
Scientists attribute the warm spell to climate change, dry winds
How 6 fast-growing Asian countries consume plastic packaging
New report on China, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Thailand …
India will switch to world's cleanest fuel from April 1, 2020
The move will help curb particulate matter, one of the major contributors …
How a Kerala couple built a sustainable mud house of their dreams
Hari and Asha built their eco-friendly home at just Rs 4 lakh
Do you want to cut your Carbon footprint after death?
Recompose offers human composting, or natural organic reduction as …
WATCH: The human and economic costs of air pollution
New report pegs economic cost of such pollution at $8 bln / day
Fast radio bursts: The mystery deepens
Research by Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment and Fast Radio …
Why do bats keep cropping up during virus outbreaks
The more bats are under stress, the greater is the risk from viruses
Watch: How water droplets can generate power
Vibration from water droplets hitting piezoelectric material can generate …
Every drop counts: How a cooperative turned 250 acres of …
Cooperative forest in Tamil Nadu’s drought-prone area an example of …
Why ozonization to treat drinking water can be dangerous
Rapid thaw of permafrost can release large volumes of greenhouse gases
Scientists have warned that vast swaths of permafrost across the Arctic may …
Locust attack: India faces worst-ever pest invasion
Apart from India, the pests have attacked 60 countries including …
Economic Survey 2019-20: 'Thalinomics in a hungry India'
It is an attempt to quantify what a common person pays for a Thali in India,…
Coronavirus spreads to 16 countries, India asks its citizens not …
6,078 cases of infection and 132 deaths have been confirmed
Farm suicides: Women farmers demand a secure life
There is a wide variation in the R&R package given by different states, …
Climate change: Will it spur the next financial crisis
BIS, the umbrella organisation of central banks, recently warned on global …
Watch what new ILO report predicts on unemployment
Unemployment will rise by 2.5 million says International Labour Organization'…
Mosquitoes genetically modified to combat dengue
For the first time mosquitoes have been engineered to fight all 4 known …
Climate change is the greatest threat to the planet
World Economic Forum's 'Global Risks Report 2020' and UN's 'Global Economic …
Watch: What 30 years of Hubble has meant for humanity
The telescope has been the eyes of astrinomers above the Earth's atmosphere
