Science teacher

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The silicon route

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Common man's access to space

Small satellites are providing cost-effective and reliable means of space exploration

No hair-raising experience this

Betaine aldehyde oxidase

Biodegradable at last

Use of organic catalysts to usher in a new range of plastics  

The real magic beans

Drumstick seeds can clarify water up to 99.5 per cent

Invasion triggers evolution

A study on lizards shows evolutionary change can occur swiftly when two closely related species compete

Twist in tale

Human foot is as flexible as that of great apes

‘Reality is not as fixed as people like to think’

Neuroscientist Nadine Dijkstra talks to Down To Earth about reality and perception

Simply Put: Origin of Man

DNA database not a threat to privacy

Forensic DNA profiling is by far the most scientific crime-fighting tool

Anatomy of happiness

Stefan Klein explores the complex interplay between positive and negative emotions

The rise of the machines

Artificial Intelligence is riding on both hope and fear. Here's why

Multiplication vexes

Exposure to environmental estrogens reduces male fertility

Fallible Detective

Fingerprint identification may not be completely reliable

A basic discovery

Scientists find the 22nd amino acid

A solution to the solvent

Researchers develop solvent-free chemistry -- a boon for environment

Hottest of them all

The first three months of the year 2002 were the warmest ever recorded

Better than the best

Osmium metal is even harder than diamond

New biosensors

Cleanly this means trouble!

Hormone-rich shampoos make some girls enter puberty early

Successful fighting

Threats to forests

Polluting ships