Knowledge commons

Library>> Digital • The US

In bad taste

AD>> Fast Food • The US

News Snippets

Trunk call

Magazine>> Ivory Trade • South Africa

Skin deep

Skin, A Biography by Sharad P Paul, Harper Collins, Rs 499

Oasis of quiet

FESTIVAL>>NOISE • Australia

Celebrity’s anti-shale angst

SONG>>SHALE GAS • US

Taken to tusk

GOOGLE>>IVORY • Africa/Japan

A fine threat

Nanoparticles in soil get absorbed by crops, can enter food chain

Sleeping with enemy

Bed bugs continue to be the most difficult pest to exterminate

Curiosity's Mars odyssey

Read blues away

Library>>Depression • England

The fag end

Advertisement>> Smoking • The UK

Shrinking homes

The population of river dolphin has declined by 50 per cent since Independence

News Snippets

Bacteria in glaciers

The lost world

A continent rose thrice above the Indian Ocean, only to disappear beneath the waves each time

How the Earth’s tilt creates short, cold January days

It all depends on where you are in the world and where your air is coming from

Global warming is universal, speedy and worldwide: Study

In contrast, other well-known cold and warm snaps of the past were more regional

Netherlands ordered to cut emissions

Activists believe more countries will take action soon

Expect a wet weekend

Rains brought on by an upper air pattern may cause widespread damage to crops in many states

Cross Hairs - January 16-31, 2015

Spells of sleep

Humans did not always sleep eight hours

Cyclone Hudhud is landing near Visakhapatnam

Highest winds and rains blow as eyewall of cyclone hits Vizag

People march for climate in Delhi

Communities take out massive rally to fight climate change