Origin of child birth

Junk DNA, the precursor of modern mammalian pregnancy

ISRO Report: Joshimath sank 5.4 cm in 12 days

The pictures were taken from the Cartosat-2S satellite

Simply Put: Fate of scientists

Satellites add to light pollution significantly, says new report

Light from space objects scatter over a larger geographic area than sources on Earth

Is India moving towards a mass surveillance state

India is building one of the largest facial recognition technology systems in the world

ICAR researchers produce coconut palm plantlets using tissue culture

The study will have applications for the farming community

Big data on weather

Why private players are competing with governments

Global reports on biodiversity, land quality to be released in four days

The meeting that will see the launch has begun in Medellin, Columbia

Bumps found at the LHC could be ‘signs of new particle’

A similar bump found four years ago, had led to the discovery of the Higgs boson

Forbidden country

Website>> Baidu • China

Biblophile On Web

Online>> www.booksy.in

Bright idea

Catalysis breakthrough makes chemical production green

In censor’s web

SOFTWARE>>CENSORSHIP • Internet

Search ends in gangland

Google>> Lawsuit • Australia

Researchers’ horror act

Film>> Scientists • Antarctic

Game of hide and seek

Internet>> New York Times • The US/China

Eternal quest

Fascination and challenges of the search for extra-terrestrial life

Slim or obese? Brain decides

Insulin receptor in brain controls satiety, energy expenditure

Techno dystopia

Book>> Alone together • by Sherry Turkle • Basic Books • Rs 750

Love links

Pollutant-gobblers

Fuelled by alcohol

Grafting proteins

Sooty clues

Doomed to extinction

The irreparable damage to the habitat of certain species has already sounded their death-knell