First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Crust of the matter
Recent research into understanding the genesis of oceanic crusts shows that crust formation is not equally vigorous everywhere. In Iceland, where the mid-ocean ridge emerges above sea level, new
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Deep rumblings
Increase in incidence of earthquakes in Kerala, otherwise a seismically stable zone, is due to high sea pressure and changing land use patterns
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Music on line
Music will soon be sold and delivered over the telephone. Deutsche TeleKom (DT) is to offer a dial up audio-on-demand service in Germany later this year, allowing customers to compile their own
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Detecting explosives
A new airport security system is proving five times better than X-ray machines in trials at Heathrow Airport, London. The system, invented by scientists at King's College in London, uses radio
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REPRIMANDED
The Supreme Court of India recently directed the Union ministry of environment and forests to enforce the laws prohibiting the use and dumping of banned hazardous substances. The court remarked that
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Many faced workers
A British inventor has come up with a concept which could lead to robots that can build cars, bridge rivers and even explore Mars
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Cool solution
Liquid air can now be used as a refrigerant, without worries about safety hazards
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ENDLESS DISPUTE
The ongoing dispute between the US and four Asian nations over shrimp exports will now be decided by a panel which was recently appointed by the World Trade Organization. Lost year, the US had passed
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Network
On-line avatar The Internet supports many on-line worlds but at present each one demands that the user create a new on-line identity. All this is set to change as the developers of
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In Focus
Indian fisherfolk are protesting again. They had demanded immediate cancellation of the existing licences issued to Joint venture, chartered, lease and test fishing vessels. Dismayed by the