Pudgy babies have the edge
Recent studies indicate that the greater the weight of babies at birth, the less prone they are to heart disease during their riotous adult years
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Business nonsense
The Globe is getting warmer. But the only contribution of US businesses is an advertising blitz and political arm twisting to discredit climate science
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Development Deathtraps
Bonded labour, environmental devastation, abject working conditions... the stone crushing units of Haryana are a shame
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River conservation
Only a very small section of the country s urban population benefits from sewerage systems and this section consists of the richest urban people
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Losing appeal
The book says that common chemicals and plastics may be affecting our hormonal systems, affecting foetuses and our future generations and causing, perhaps, a fall in intelligence
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Ridding Delhi's brothels of HIV
An organisation of sex workers struggles to combat the spread of AIDS in Delhi's red light areas.
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Here come the "number crunchers"
India's attempts at developing supercomputers have not only paid off, they have sparked intense competition.
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Wave story
The threat to the foetus seems all pervasive, with even something as seemingly innocuous as a computer display screen being a threat. High levels of radiation (including X-rays, magnetic impulses
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Saved by a cuppa cha
Green tea could prevent you from becoming liverish and weak hearted
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'Censuses mean little'
A POPULATION expert sharply critical of India's achievements in curbing population growth. A demographer with scant respect for the census. A statistician who finds prevalent statistics misleading. A professional researcher who would rather rely on visual
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'Workers' safety is connected with the environment'
The increasing risk of industrial closure on environmental grounds seems to be stirring many trade unions in India to sensitise themselves to environmental concerns. The Hind Majdoor Sabha HMS , among the largest trade unions in India with its membersh
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Catching the wind
Modern designers of interior climate control can learn a thing or two from traditional windtowers and windtunnels
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A question of heredity
The environment in which an embryo develops influences gene expression and some acquired traits can be inherited
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Needed: a new yardstick
Gross National Product may be an inadequate measure of economic activity when environmental damage occurs
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The numbers game
Can the cold logic of statistics ever breathe life into yardsticks for deciding whether a nation has done good or bad by its people?
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TB revealed
Now that science has "decoded" the TB bacterium, a cure seems possible
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New Genesis
The mapping of human genes opens up new frontiers and also gives rise to fresh fears
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Waste of effort
The Central Pollution Control Board plays foul in inventorising NCR's hazardous waste generation
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Breathe easy
More oxygen during surgery cuts post op infection rate<br>
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Has anything changed?
Quincy remains an exception. The old story continues at the national level