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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
It is a common signboard on Indian roads: Caution, men at work. It connotes everything from a nuisance for the motorist to profit for the contractors, from infrastructure addition to government reports to seasonal employment for migrant labourers. It is a space where societies clash, build and destroy. In the …
On May 30, 1896, Cosmopolitan sponsored a race of horseless ca-rriages in New York. In it were four Duryeas, a Booth Rogers and, from Paris, an Armstrong. After a parade of the participants, the race began. One Henry Wells of Springfield, Massa-chusetts, was driving a Duryea motor wagon when he …
In America’s Silicon Valley, celluloid fantasy can sometimes become a reality. For two Harvard undergraduates, Marck Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, who created Facebook, the social networking site’s early success propelled them into a world of cool nightclubs and hot dates. But the site also landed them in a legal battle …
What makes one prone to heart diseases and joint pain in malaria can be understood by applying basic fluid dynamics to blood flow—the same concept works on water pipes. Unlike environmental or genetic factors associated with the diseases, the flow of fluids is governed by well understood principles. Understanding does …
A formula that tracks change, the only constant in life, is quite intriguing. Using new mathematical tools, biologists Martin Rosvall and team from the University of Washington in usa, studied over 7,000 scientific journals, and mapped the important changes in the past decade and arrived at a major conclusion—with the …
When it comes to the Anopheles mosquito, the beleaguered infectious disease specialists will try any idea to achieve a breakthrough. From developing more powerful insecticides that the pests seem to shrug off to targeting their newborns, scientists have tried almost everything. Yet, the 2009 World Malaria Report of who put …
A liquid always tries to fill the space it gets; humans adapt to the freezing temperatures of Greenland and to the near-burning heat of Africa; birds sing louder to be heard in a noisy locality. What about the fish? Well, fish evolve by changing their shape to swim more efficiently …
Obesity kills, everyone knows that. But is it possible that we've been looking at the problem in the wrong way? It seems getting fatter may be part of your body's defence against the worst effects of unhealthy eating, rather than their direct cause.
SCHOOLS in three US states - Louisiana, Texas and South Dakota - have been told to teach alternatives to the scientific consensus on global warming. The moves appear to be allied to efforts to teach creationism in public schools. Such efforts have in the past been thwarted when courts ruled …
In A First, Researchers Use Genome Sequencing To Pinpoint Exact Causes Of Inherited Illnesses Washington: Two studies published on Wednesday show it is possible to sequence the entire gene maps of families with inherited diseases and pinpoint the offending bit of DNA. The studies, which would not have been possible …
Uttar Pradesh (UP) is all set to acquire automatic weather stations equipped with sensors thereby making weather forecasting farmer friendly. The unique facility will be put to use for the first time in India on the lines of Australia and USA. These automatic weather stations will be established by UP …
Arriving at work on 5 March, Stanford University ecologist Paul Ehrlich found a rambling and highly profane voice message from someone identifying himself as John Q Public. In one of his more lucid moments, the caller labelled Ehrlich and his colleagues in the climate-science community as "progressive communists attempting to …
The integrity of climate research has taken a very public battering in recent months. Scientists must now emphasize the science, while acknowledging that they are in a street fight. (Editorial)
Plastics derived from plants may solve waste crisis San Francisco: Researchers at IBM on Tuesday said that they have discovered a way to make an Earth-friendly plastic from plants that could replace petroleum-based products, which are tough on the environment. The breakthrough promises biodegradable plastics made in a way that …
Biogeographical, physiological, and paleoecological evidence suggests that the coast redwood [Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.] is closely associated with the presence of summer marine fog along the Pacific coast of California. Here we present a novel record of summer fog frequency in the coast redwood region upon the basis of …
Even as international nuclear power producers keenly watch the fate of the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill in India, as many as 62 countries eager to launch or expand their nuclear energy programmes assemble in Paris next week to explore the possibility of bilateral and multilateral cooperation in this sector. France, …
There is a way of returning to nuclear while overcoming safety and waste concerns: hybrid nuclear fusion. The concept has been around for decades, and has been discussed in the technical literature and at the International Atomic Energy Agency. But it has not yet been explained to governments, industry, researchers …
The Essar Group is close to buying Trinity Coal, one of the top 10 coal producers in the US, in a deal worth $550-600 million (Rs 2,500-2,735 crore). Trinity is owned by private equity investment firm Denham Capital Management, Sources with knowledge of the developments said Essar
