How Shell drums created music history

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Palaeontologist discovers ancient, enormous Caelocanth species by accident

It grew to be as big as a great white shark

COVID-19: Lack of funds in new normal may push some North American ethnic cultures into extinction

Museums and art venues turn to virtual tours to stay afloat but need tech overhaul

When did early humans reach India?

Stone tools suggest a million years ago, previous assumption was 0.5 million years ago

No blood relation

Research has revealed that modern humankind has no genetic link with the Neanderthal people

Review of the book The corporation that changed the world

Cardboard history

From the blurbs

From the blurbs

Hanging by a thread

Weavers of renowned Ponduru khadi are abandoning the craft

What's going on?

Poop-corn culture

The Inca empire thrived on innovations to boost maize production

Tsunami uncovers ancient sculptures in Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu

The tsunami uncovers ancient sculptures

Art on pollution

Art on pollution

Scientists discover four-winged dinosaur fossil in China

Reptile lived 125 million years ago and is the largest ever

Saraswati underground

Experts attempt to map the mythical river's palaeo-channels and put them to good use

West Bengal village sits on archaeological treasure

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Public domain is not elementary, Sherlock

The Sherlock Holmes case highlights the stranglehold of copyright laws in the US

Bihar starts tagging migratory birds for conservation

As many as 91 migratory birds have been tagged so far

Tamil Nadu prosecutes 104 manufacturers, sellers of multi-dose Diclofenac linked with vulture deaths

Animal conservationists welcomes step, say safe alternatives available

Disparate narratives

Environmental history writing is beginning to look beyond colonial forestry

Home truths