In search of East India Company

Ours is a corporate age. And amid the fertile arguments on how to tame and transform today's corporation, there is a sense that current era of …

Increased crime rate linked to spike in air pollution: study

Tackling air pollution could help bring down crime rate in London, say researchers from London School of Economics

Experts meet in London to understand disaster risks

Over 800 experts attend Understanding Risk Forum in an attempt to 'produce actionable information'

Why not all urban foxes deserve their ‘bin-raiding’ reputation

Foxes are ecologically important to urban green spaces, so people need to find ways of living amicably alongside them

Alzheimer protein can be transmitted, says the study

Findings support hypothesis that beta-amyloid proteins were accidentally transmitted to patients through a now defunct medical treatment

COVID-19: Sharp rise projected in HIV, TB, Malaria deaths due to overwhelmed systems

Deaths could be minimised if people not forced to stay away from hospitals  

Avoiding harm - how simple a duty is it?

The London High Court judgment on arsenic poisoning cases in Bangladesh explicity clears the way for affected people to claim compensation. …

Polio virus in sewage sample again: This time in UK

The detection signals spread between closely-linked individuals who were administered an oral polio vaccine overseas 

Here’s a scientific explanation to our polarisation debate

Study finds that those with radical beliefs, left or right, overestimate their ability to arrive at correct answers and display a generic …

70 years on from London’s Great Smog, we still need cleaner air to protect health

After 70 years, we know that health harms exist even at low pollutant levels and that there is no “safe” level

Dystopia ahead: Take an AI peek at Earth @ 2100

A new study conducted in the UK used artificial intelligence to paint a futuristic scenario for the Taj Mahal, the Brandenburg Gate and skylines …

Call novel Coronavirus 'COVID-19', says WHO

Current outbreak's death rate in epicentre estimated at 18%; it was 10% globally for Sars in 2002-03

Pollutant levels drop in central London 17 years after carbon tax introduction

Marylebone, Bloomsbury and Westminster had lower levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide in 2020, compared to 2003, a …

England may be set to flood at the end of winter — here’s why

Driven by a La Niña event, exacerbated by urban development in areas prone to flooding and the impacts of climate change, the effects …

Study shows social stigma comes in the way of alcoholics opting for treatment

A study says that almost half of the affected were too embarrassed to undertake treatment

Not global warming: Reemergence of ‘extinct' black-veined butterfly in England likely due to unscientific release

Unregulated introduction disrupts actual conservation efforts and is condemned by scientists

World’s first ‘Darwinian’ cancer drug plan could be a game changer

The programme based on artificial intelligence that will help forecast cancers and treat them better could be of immense benefit to patients …

Social health schemes better for cancer patients than tax-based systems, say researchers

A study of European countries by London-based researchers shows the adverse impact of global financial crisis on cancer drug reimbursements

Delaying the second COVID-19 vaccine dose: A medical expert answers key questions

The uncertainty is around how long the protective effect of the first dose will last without a second shot

How COVID lockdowns triggered changes in peregrine falcon diets

Urban pest control needs rethinking; pigeons contribute to the success of apex predators like the peregrine falcon

Rare copy of world’s first geological map of a nation found

The map and its theories, prepared by William Smith in the nineteenth century, led to the development of geology

Green economy policies catching on, says UNEP

Quarter of the world’s countries are now pursuing green economy plans, shows data released at first meet of Green Economy Coalition

COP27: ‘Translation between change in weather and damages is not linear’

Down To Earth talks to Friederike Otto, climate scientist at Imperial College London about the science of weather attribution

TB vaccine may prevent infection too, says study

'BCG vaccine effective in fighting infection only in countries more than 40° latitude above the equator'

New evidence favours Bhopal gas victims battling Dow Chemical

US court documents reveal Dow and Union Carbide are one and same company, not separate legal entities as claimed