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. …
• Plants control air pollution by taking in carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) from the atmosphere and releasing oxygen. A peepal tree with a crown spread of 162 sq km releases 1,712 kg of oxygen and absorbs 2,252 kg of CO 2 per hour.• Trees not only mechanically stop smoke …
a train carrying nuclear waste from the southwestern town of Walheim to Dannenberg in the north has triggered violent protests in several towns en route. On reaching Dannenberg, the waste would be transferred to trucks for the final 19-km journey by road to Gorleben, east of Hanover, where it would …
A team of researchers from Austria report that the lingering smell from garlic-eaters comes not from the plant, but from the chemicals in the blood produced by a change in the body's metabolism. The researchers led by Werner Lindinger found that of the several volatile compounds
genetic engineering is primarily based on the existence of a class of enzymes known as restriction enzymes. These enzymes are made by a large number of bacteria and have the ability to cut dna at or near specific recognition sites. Because of this property, when a piece of foreign dna …
Now that the Supreme Court (sc) has been handing down a flurry of environmental orders, innumerable worms are tumbling out of the woods. The first variety, of course, comes to us in the form of our elected representatives, also known by that exalted name - 'the nation's leaders'. That there …
IT is time that governments and corporations took account of the free services provided by nature, which are worth many thousands of billions of dollars a year, urged a panel of us scientists and economists at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) at …
WHILE Coffee addicts might be able to brush off the ill-effects of caffeine on health for lack of clear evidence, they will find it harder to digest the fact that growing consumption of coffee is causing serious damage to the environment. Escalating demand for coffee might be directly responsible for …
RESIDENTS of Okinawa prefecture are facing the worst ever consequences of us military presence in the region. After holding back the truth for months, US and Japanese officials have revealed that a US plane had 'mistakenly' fired 1,520 bullets, each containing 147.7 gm of uranium, from December 1995 through January …
REELING under economic hardships, people of Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Are afflicted these days with a new problem - an army of 10,000 stray dogs infected with rabies. The authorities have declared a state of emergency in view of the threat posed to the citizens by the increasing number …
THE age of the universe as measured by some recent experiments seems to be less than that of some of the objects in it. The measured age of globular clusters in our galaxy is about 13 to 18 billion years, while the age of the universe Seems to be closer …
EXTRATERRESTRIAL life has been speculated about by many scientists for long. Some efforts like the search for extraterrestrial intelligence have been going on for some time now, though most of the research has been at the theoretical level. With the discovery of giant planets and other solar systems (planets orbiting …
On the re-emergence of diseases that were believed to have been either eliminated or had subsided of their own accord: If you are talking about re-emergence of viral diseases, none of these had actually vanished. Some diseases appear suddenly. This may be due to certain changes like overpopulation, people's behaviour, …
stroke victims will now have better chances of survival. In a pathbreaking experiment, doctors from ucla Medical Centre, California, have developed a technique that reverses the plumbing of the body's circulatory system by using veins to supply blood to oxygen-starved parts of the brain. The new approach has been tried …
large dams have resulted in grave environmental and social repercussions worldwide. Representatives from organisations in 20 countries will meet in Curitiba, Brazil from March 11-14, at the first international conference of people affected by large dams. They will discuss alternatives to large dams and other destructive river infrastructure projects and …
the picturesque islands of Mentawai along the southern coast of Sumatra may be a tourist's delight, but the coral reefs surrounding them tell a story of ecological disaster. Their destruction is suspected to have been caused by the use of explosives and sodium cyanide poison to kill fish in the …
russians today are living for shorter durations than a decade ago. A recent World Health Organization (who) survey has revealed that life expectancy in Russia has plunged to its lowest in 15 years. Though life span has dipped in all 15 republics of the former Soviet Union, Russia scored the …
Chewing gum contains the natural sweetener xylitol, which can help reduce chronic ear infections, say researchers from the University of Oulu, Finland. About 300 pre-school children were given chewing gum, half containing xylitol and the rest plain gum. The incidence of ear infections fell by 50 per cent in those …
among the novel methods of combating cancer are some drugs that fight the disease by blocking blood supply to the cancerous cells. These drugs stop angiogenesis
South African President, Nelson Mandela, recently called upon the global community to act together to wipe out aids, which is wreaking havoc on nations all over the world. "As the freedom of each nation is interdependent with that of others, so too is health and the well-being of peoples... the …
several migrant workers from eastern Uttar Pradesh (up) who went to earn their livelihood in bigger cities like Mumbai, are reportedly coming back home infected with the deadly hiv virus. According to the Indian Health Organisation statistics, of the 900 aids cases detected in Mumbai, an alarming 11 per cent …
