Wonder plant
An eco-friendly plant, the Senna can be used to regenerate wastelands with less water and without pesticides
Divine dwellings
An organisation set up by priests provides inexpensive bamboo houses to people living in slums and on the streets
Shattering myths
The world's largest experiment in sustainable rainforest management is all set to shatter some age-old myths
Hope of deliverance
Elective caesarean delivery, combined with an antiretroviral drug, can slash chances of infected mothers transmitting AIDS to their babies
Cooking up remedies
Recent techniques to convert natural gas into liquid form may soon make it cheap and convenient fuel for vehicles
The herbal coming!
An Indian research institute has developed a herbal insecticide and a neem-based insect repellent
Ticketless travel
Electronic tickets are fast becoming popular in the us and Canada
Information superhighway
There is one in our genes. And scientists are surprised at the distance signals can travel along DNA strands
Bite me
Early exposure to mosquitoes may help develop resistance to malaria where chances of infection are high
Peppered by pain
Latest findings in tests with rats could lead to the development of new pain-killing drugs
Home remedy
A local remedy for controlling a parasitic disease works wonders for sheepbreeders in the Peruvian highlands
Charred to extinction
Methane reserves set the air ablaze and roasted alive several species, including the dinosaurs
Chimp's aid
Chimps are not victimised by AIDS because a lethal sickness has made their immune system resistant to the disease
2008 A lunar odyssey
From a pariah after Pokhran II to scientific self esteem, India raced its way to the moon. Archita Bhatta tracked the nation's voyage to find …
Origin of Darwin
Book>> Darwin's Sacred Cause by Adrian Desmond and James Moore Allen Lane, London Price 25
Replacing news editors with AI is a worry for misinformation, bias and accountability
A newspaper in Germany is reportedly adopting artificial intelligence to replace certain editorial roles
Scientists have created synthetic human embryos. Now we must consider the ethical and moral quandaries
This development, widely described as a breakthrough that could help scientists learn more about human development and genetic disorders
Groundwater extraction has tilted Earth’s spin; how likely is it to fuel climate change?
Attempts to slow groundwater depletion rates in sensitive regions could alter the change in drift
How AI, other technologies are already disrupting workplaces
BT’s transition from copper to optical fibre is simply the latest technology transition
Analysis of Himalayan tree rings shows decline in summer monsoon for the last 180 years
Tree rings have commonly been used to reconstruct past environmental and climatic conditions in the absence of direct observation
'The talk of space wars, colonisation is still in the realm of fiction'
Weaponisation of space has long seemed inevitable and Trump's announcement of Space Force diverges from historical conventions that consider …
Scientists discover a new source of neutrinos in space – opening up another window into the universe
A giant detector at the South Pole has discovered that a “blazar”, a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its centre, also …
Why we say 'huh' once every 84 seconds
N J Enfield’s book inverts traditional concerns about language and and seeks to understand it as we experience it—via the messy …
India gets new weather prediction model for better forecasts
The very high resolution global deterministic weather prediction model, as per earth sciences ministry, shows significant improvement in daily …
China’s quantum satellite enables first totally secure long-range messages
A successful long-distance quantum communications link ushers in a new era of communication security