Highlights from the issue

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Cover Story: Origin of proxies

The revival of dire wolf proves that it is possible to create proxies of extinct species through cutting-edge genetic editing and cloning technologies. 

Cover Story: God complex

Does de-extinction provide any conservation benefits or is it just another attempt to show off technical prowess?

Interview: ‘Project benefits conservation’

Beth Shapiro, chief science officer at Colossal Biosciences, on the company’s de-extinction projects and their potential impact on conservation of species

Infographic: Resurrection line up

Extinct species that have attracted scientists’ attention for revival and release into the wild

Sunita Narain's Desk: Something's got to give

Something’s got to give
Illustration: Yogendra Anand/CSE

In this interconnected world of trade, service and finance, disengagement will come at huge costs. How this new trade regime is designed would make or break much of our world

Patently Absurd: The missing heart of pandemic treaty

The missing heart of pandemic treaty
Illustration: Yogendra Anand/CSE

The Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System, central to the pandemic treaty, is an annex with details still to be worked out

Special Report: India's cooling paradox

Aerosols responsible for toxic air pollution could explain India’s slower warming

Civil Lines: Depopulation v degrowth

Depopulation v degrowth
Tamil Nadu CM M K Stalin Photo: @CMOTamilnadu / X

Some say population decline would harm the economy, while others suggest it would lower emissions and increase per capita income

Food: Out of wilderness

Tendu fruit has astringent or cooling properties. Consuming the fresh fruits or its juice is considered beneficial during hot summer months
Tendu fruit has astringent or cooling properties. Consuming the fresh fruits or its juice is considered beneficial during hot summer months - Photograph: Vikas Choudhary / CSE

This summer, forage for the wild fruit tendu

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