Don't blame it, on, nature
THE misery caused by this year"s drought was unnecessary. Typical of India"s weather, rainfall in several parts dipped below the normal last year but these fluctuations were small. Yet we failed to
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Oily trap for a quark
If caught, it could spell trouble for the Standard Model of particle physics; although success has eluded most scientists, a group of relentless researchers refuse to give up the search for a free quark
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Atom: the whole picture
X ray holography, a neoteric way of studing atomic configurations, promises to give a three dimensional picture of the arrangement of atoms in a crystal
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Species, but not quite
Viruses, which display an easier capacity for mutation, could be nature's 'quasi species'
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To ban or not to ban
A recent interim court order on toxic trade throws open a Pandora's box: environment, industry, employment, international commitments... the lot
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Resin truths
Amber, a dehydrated tree resin, can literally capture scenes from the animal and plant world's past. A large volume of the resin, procured from the American state of New Jersey, is being seen as a storehouse of knowledge for natural historians, provid
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All bark, all bite
Local communities in Nepal and some Central American nations have become invaluable participants in managing their forests
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Peep into the past
A female Sao La belonging to a rare bovid species has been captured for scientific study in Laos's Annamite mountain range. Her discovery has given scientists a fantastic opportunity to delve into some of the animal world's well kept secrets
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A Keck for the specks
The faintest and the most distant objects in the heavens no longer remain invincible with the introduction of the powerful Keck Telescope, the biggest optical instrument of its kind in the world, into the arsenal of astronomers. An improved version, the K
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Cowering behind lies
PETER B STONE presents an objective re examination of the recent scare over the mad cow disease in Europe
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Over the threshold
The survival and evolution of a species is dependant on both the competing claimsfor survival being asserted within the species and between different species. Timothy Flannery in his book The Future Eaters, explores the strategies backing evolu
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Winding roads to welfare
Humans just do not live by bread alone. But to climb the steps leading to total welfare, somewhere that equilibrium between work and consumption has to be achieved
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Elusive no more
A Japanese experiment in thefield of neutrino detection has come as manna for physicists and cosmologists, opening before them immense possibilities offinally disentangling some of the most enduringpuzzles which hamper our understanding of nature
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Alarm as it warms
Higher temperatures the world over do not just result in rising sea levels. According to a recent report produced by scientists from 50 countries, global warming has endangered even human health
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"There is no fish"
The poisoning of India's rivers has left nothing for traditional fisherfolk
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Use less,gain more
Efficiency is the key word to effectively utilise and conserve energy
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Genesis of a crisis
WHEN Meghnaad, brother of King Ravana of Lanka, grievously injured Lakshman, brother of Lord Rama, Hanuman was sent to Gandhamardan Parvat to fetch the Mritasanjeevani Sudha, a life-saving herb.
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MONEYMAKERS
BLUE IS GREEN: The Ahmedabad-based Arvind Mills is buoyant about a new eco-friendly trademark that has been awarded to it for its blue denim. It is the first Indian manufacturer to get the Eco
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Serving notice on Indian forests
The World Bank and other agencies funding forestry projects in India are insisting on a more effective forest management strategy
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Snake in the grass
What was once thought to be the friends of farmers and containers of vector borne diseases, are turning out to be a global threat