Critical problem

Nuclear power plant hums to life; tribal families disappear

Rooster recalls common past

40 New species

An expedition to a remote Indonesian jungle unravels a few of nature's longstanding mysteries

A town damned

Yazali, the first commercial town built by Nyishi tribals, might soon be submerged

Donkey comes home

The countrys only sanctuary offers professional care for the beasts of burden

War-like climate

Warming exacerbates conflict in Africa

Policing the police

A constable who gets corrupt officials behind bars  

Optical camouflage may just be possible now

The ways of optical camouflage

Tsunami uncovers ancient sculptures in Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu

The tsunami uncovers ancient sculptures

Children once again

A chat and books persuade parents in Shravasti to not marry off young girls

A road set free

Latur gains from anti-encroachment drive on farm roads. State takes its cue

Poop-corn culture

The Inca empire thrived on innovations to boost maize production

The root cause

The world is vulnerable to oilspills

But most nations are ill-equipped to protect biodiversity havens

Death of a Neem tree

An open letter to the Prime Minister

Devolution is bankrupt

Now even the World Bank says money should flow to local bodies directly

Lake Manchar is dead

Pakistan's largest freshwater lake is drowned by effluents

Sanitary by 2010

Participatory survey gives Bangladesh the confidence to prepone sanitation coverage target

A simple device

But the invention of the stethoscope revolutionised medical diagnosis

A great sweep

Feisty women hill broom gatherers force the forest department to relent in a Orissa village

Worm wonder

Vermicompost has changed fortunes of farmers in a drought-prone Karnataka district

Human touch in credit

The growth of a women's group that moved from being a savings unit to a social voice

Hit for six

Kashmiri bat-makers face willow shortage

Success in a fistful of rice

Women come to the rescue of a village burdened by drought

Thinking out of a box

Recycling of tetra paks gets underway in Mumbai