It's time India had a scientific ethics body

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Clouds seeded with burning tyres

Two paragraphs too many

Feather touch conservationist

Higgs hypothesis gathers mass

Scientists say the discovered particle is consistent with the sought-after Higgs boson

A vote for alien seeds

The Swiss vote overwhelmingly against a ban on the genetic modification of plants and animals

Cosmic collision

Discovery of a crater sheds new light on the end of many Middle East civilisations

Walking whales

Recently found fossils provide evidence that mammals were predecessors of whales

Lab's labour lost

Products designed by premier scientific institutions fail to find the pulse of the market

Falling prey

Flowering of scientific research in nineteenth century Calcutta

Homoeopathing in

Alternative medicine can reduce arsenic toxicity, claims study

Expert team against diabetes

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Czechs convicted

Astronomy's orginal rebel

India blocks nuclear meeting

Says views on breeder technology hostile to the country

Electric cattle

Bullock-powered pump to tide over farmersÔÇÖ electricity woes

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High radioactive toxicity

Star among star gazers

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Man behind scientist

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Bitter battle