Hitting a century

...depends on one's will-power and lifestyle and not genes

It pays to be single

Contrary to popular belief, children of single parents do rather well in life

Runaway consumption

State of the World 2004 - Worldwatch Institute

Back, again!

Over 80 per cent of India's population suffers from at least one episode of back pain in their lifetime. New research links back pain to the …

Earth’s biopic

Film>> Home • Directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrandls • Produced by Denis Carot and Luc Besson

Why humans became extinct

Book> Earth, The Book • by Jon Stewart, David Javerbaum, Rory Albanese, Steve Bodow and Josh Lie • Grand Central Publishing • US $27

Sex and longevity

When I abandoned movies, yoga came to my rescue

For Aashiqui actor Anu Aggarwal, yoga brought happiness and also provided tools to find it

Our own microbe catalogue

First genetic map of the microbes found in a healthy human body

Only the lonely

Confounding clues

Lifestyle differences make even healthy genes vary in people   

Transient truths

UNTO THE FOLD·Colour· 87 mins·Hindi with English subtitles·Directed by Pravin Kumar·Samanvaya Trust, New Delhi&…

Starting afresh

For the writer, the environs and celebrations will be very different when the new millenium dawns

The root cause

Victims of modernisation

Tribal communities of Andaman and Nicobar Islands face extinction

Look what our neighbour is up to!

Myanmar has not sqandered its natural resources in an attempt to ape the West

Back to basics

We, the consumers

Modern society is little concerned with how goods we use are produced and disposed of

Hypertension affects 1.13 billion people globally; 199 million reside in India

The burden of high blood pressure witnessed a dip in high and middle-income countries but low-income countries experienced a surge

Undermining existence

Extensive coal mining in Raniganj, Bihar, has not only displaced communities but has also affected the lifestyle of the locals

Nature's second course

Do not lose sleep over insomnia, says the physic. Resort more to behavioural changes and less to pills. The rest is zzz...

HOME AT LAST

After more than 30 years of struggle, the Inuit people of Canada are given more autonomy and the right to self-determination

Ways of lfie in rural and urban India

Booms are not forever

Of large carnivores and humans

How does a civilisation relate to the environment? To find out, study its attitude towards large carnivores. Europeans have tried to dominate …