Science teacher

Book>>Canon The Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier Penguin India Rs 399

The silicon route

Book>>The Long Revolution The Birth and Growth of India's IT Industry by Dinesh C Sharma Harper Collins Rs 495

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

Scientists may have found an answer to antibiotic resistance

Australian scientists have found antibacterial properties in platypus milk

A respite

Censorship>> Internet • Tajikistan

Be cautioned

Internet>> Google • China/West Asia

A new lease of life

Wikileaks>> Funds • Iceland

Irrational routes to science

Video>> Science • Virtual World

Autumn for neem

Insects that cause defoliation put neem trees at risk

Distance between Earth and Sun

Measure it yourself during transit of Venus this year

Memoirs of a plant

Plants remember their past. Dehydrate them to find out

New meat culture

Engineered meat is peeping out of the labs

Changing mosquitoes

The oldest one

C major

Working in tandem

Smart wings

Power patterns