Cautionary tales
Jean Dreze argues that we should not leave the making of an equitable society to experts alone
प्लास्टिक की सनक
वैज्ञानिकों ने प्लास्टिक के गंभीर खतरे बताएं हैं फिर भी हम इस पर निर्भर होते जा रहे हैं। क्या इस खतरनाक लगाव से बचने ...
Making sex count
In the annals of modern medicine, medical research experiments have always been sexist. The tide is finally turning
Maps of the world
Geographical Information Systems is revolutionising the present and portend a happier future. Or so we hope in the maps of our minds.
New cholera strain strikes India
A cholera epidemic in the Indian subcontinent is nothing unusual. But now, another bacterial strain that can cause the disease has surfaced.
वायु का शुद्धिकरण
दिल्ली ने जिस तरह 2001 में सीएनजी लागू करके जहरीली हवा से कुछ हद तक निजात पाई थी, कुछ उसी तरह विद्युत चालित वाहनों ...
परिवर्तन की गणना
एट्रीब्यूशन स्टडीज के जरिए पता लगाया जाता है कि जलवायु परिवर्तन मौसम की चरम घटनाओं जैसे चेन्नई की बारिश के लिए किस हद तक ...
निर्दोष सिद्ध होने तक दोषी हैं सभी विदेशी आक्रामक प्रजातियां
अंग्रेज 20वीं शताब्दी के आरंभिक दौर में विलायती कीकर को दिल्ली लाए और यह जंगल की आग की तरह फैल गया
Good or bad? When it comes to food, it’s not that simple
Our ideas about the relationship of food with health and medicine are increasingly shaped by modern science.
दर्द देती दवा
नैदानिक शोध यानी क्लिनिकल ट्रायल में सरकारी हस्तक्षेप की कमी ने इस क्षेत्र को एक क्रूर लाभकारी मशीन में बदल दिया है।
Lasers add zing to alignment systmes
Indian engineers have developed a laser-based alignment system, which have the high level of precision essential for installing sophisticated …
A wake-up call to reclaim the forgotten darkness in our lives
Light pollution is playing havoc with age-old rhythms of life—of sleep, procreation, metabolism, migration and foraging
Binary blunders
The gender spectrum is a consequence of the complex interplay between culture and highly-nuanced and protean brain
Trial by hire
Laissez-faire in clinical research has unleashed a ruthless profit-making machine blind to notions of justice or equity. It is time to rein in …
What India should look like in 2100
A new anthology touches upon most facets of Indian society, but leaves the reader feeling like the proverbial blind man who describes an elephant …
Let's take a less bigoted view of history
With DNA adding to the slippery narratives about the past; historians, archeologists, and geneticists need to collaborate if we are to take a …
Why we need a new lens to clear the air
Science may have become our only crutch against bad air, but it is time we invented a new politics of space that privileges the walker and the cyclist
Can a cash-on-delivery model work for global aid?
As rich nations try to heal the scars of 2008 global financial crisis through deep budget cuts and protectionist policies, business models like …