To save the planet, first save elephants
Wiping out all of Africa’s elephants could accelerate Earth’s climate crisis by allowing 7% more damaging greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, scientists say. But conserving forest elephants may reverse
Scientists
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How To Sell A Wonder Herb
There is arogyapacha. A rare herb with extraordinary medicinal properties. There is the Kani tribe of Kerala. It has preserved the herb and the knowledge about its use. Enter scientists and the state government. They try to sell the herb and share the ben
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Confused roots
Asian or African, the origin is the same, say researchers who trace the first Chinese to the dark continent
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I won't and you can't
The bureaucracy does nothing to conserve India's invaluable animals and plants. But it knows how to cry wolf when private agencies want to use these
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Making science of mumbo jumbo
Scientists compile India's ethnic knowledge. They find a veritable gold mine
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The miracle makers
Scientists are only now finding out the Kanis' knowledge of herbal remedies. The most outstanding find so far is arogyapacha
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The red tape vs Kanis
The forest department reserves the right to conserve arogyapacha, and prevents Kanis from selling it outside
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Political battles
The benefit sharing scheme for arogyapacha saw hurdles right from the start. On July 22, 1995, the then chief minister of Kerala, A K Antony, was to sign a memorandum of understanding with Arya
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Kani vs Kani
Kanis are dragged into bureaucratic wrangling, pitting them against each other
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Having a ball
Great balls of fire! Science has finally explained ball lightning, a mysterious atmospheric phenomenon until now
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Hope for infertile women
A new method to overcome infertility in mothers uses the same technique which was used to clone Dolly, the sheep