Sacrifice to religion
Environmentalists in Kerala are up in arms against the proposed clearing of 250 acres of thick tropical forests in the Periyar Tiger Reserve, the largest national park in the state. The state
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Coral cure
A biornaterial based on coral's structure to set broken bones
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Tipsy on air
Which is the most sought-after item in the bars of Beijing? Incredible, but true: it is fresh air. With pollution levels in Beijing reaching perilous heights -- the levels of some hazardous chemicals
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Significant selenium
Low levels of important nutrients like selenium can turn a benign virus into its virulent form, claim American scientists. Researchers Melinda Beck and her colleagues at the University
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Tracking AIDS
A US company, T Cell Sciences, has developed a cheaper and easier diagnostic test for people infected with AIDS. Called TFAx CD4, the test measures levels of critical white blood cells, known as
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Unveiling the horrors
The Iraqi government is finally coming clean on its secret biological weapons programme. Rolf Ekeus, the un official in charge of eliminating Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, informed the world
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Warming up to the Sun
With increasing efficiency of solar cells, their use becomes more popular
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Complete combustion
Making pistons smaller and more numerous increases an internal combustion engine's efficiency
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Hydrogen motion
A non-polluting hydrogen-powered automobile developed over 14 yews may welk he the vehicle that its inventor Gus Ehrenberg, an engineering graduate from the California Institute of Technology and
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Oil to fuel
Brazilian researchers claim that they have been able to turn the oil of the African palm into a diesel substitute (Indian Forester, Vol 121,No4). This exceptional fuel possesses thermodynamic
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CMS
One for the birds: Meeting recently under the auspices of the Convention on Migratory Species (cms), representatives of over 60 nations signed an ambitious inter-governmental agreement -- aimed at
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WEST AFRICA
Seasonal outbreaks of meningitis at the beginning of each year is not quite unusual in West Africa. This year too, the disease -- which affects the brain and the spinal cord -- has already claimed
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THE STATE STEPS IN
The Supreme Court's directive on saving the coastal zone in West Bengal is being followed religiously by the state pollution control board. Prawn farms will no longer function unless they follow
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HARMFUL INTENTIONS
Interpreting the word "harm" -- used in the Endangered Species Act, 1973 -- in favour of the environmentalist lobby, the US Supreme Court recently upheld an Interior Department regulation to protect
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UNITED NATIONS
The UN's 50th anniversary celebrations in San Francisco started in early July on a gloomy note owing to the realisation that the organisation was going broke. Irregular budget contributions by member
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Paper capers
A debate crackles over a government decision to allow paper plantations to remain in degraded forests
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Watershed deals
Indo Bangladesh water talks seem to have taken a positive turn while critics still consider the issue a washed out case
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Water out of stone
A lift irrigation system helps tribals in Gujarat fight the tyranny of the seasons
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Missing the woods for the trees
The pampered paper industry in India is being given another sop. It has consistently lobbied for captive plantations in the country's forest tracts. Success, it seems, is at hand because the Indian
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Male flies to male
A gene transplant has been found to induce homosexual behaviour in male fruit flies