CATEGORIES

THINK LONG-TERM

India needs continued emphasis on flagship programmes, aligned to long-term planning that focusses on water security and circular economy in a climate-risked era

IT'S NOW OR NEVER

Clean energy sectors need demand-driven markets and domestic industries that can cater to the entire value chain

BATTLE THE CAR BULGE

Clean, affordable, integrated and accessible public transport the only solution

SCRAP THE DUMP

Disincentivise garbage dumping, invest in behavioural change

CONSERVE NOW

Disregard for biodiversity conservation over the past two decades needs immediate redressal

OLD AGENDA WITH NEW IMAGINATION

The new government must rebuild trust by being tolerant to ideas, opinions and information.

OVERHAUL OVERDUE

Hold polluting industries accountable for public health risks, environmental hazards, climate change; provide them support for green transition

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS-L'UST

Love, lust, attachments are basic brain circuits. They are too primitive a system and will never change

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS - GREED

Evolutionary biology sees greed as a way to increase your chances of survival

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS - WRATH

Anger is an emotional programme, a part of natural selection that helps us bargain for better treatment

THE ALCHEMY OF EMOTIONS - SL'OTH

As with all personality traits, laziness is a combination of genes and environment

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS - GLUTTONY

We have been captured by food and it is driving us to do something that is arguably not good for us

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS

I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS - ENVY

Envy gives people a fundamental desire for a higher social rank

പരിസ്ഥിതിയിലേക്കു വളർന്ന ഇന്ത്യൻ ഭരണഘടന

ഭരണഘടനയും നിയമങ്ങളും പരിസ്ഥിതി സംരക്ഷണത്ത സമീപിക്കുന്നതെങ്ങനെയെന്ന് പരിശോധിക്കുന്നു. പരിസ്ഥിതി സംരക്ഷണത്തിൽ ജുഡീഷ്യൽ വിധികളുടെ പങ്കിനെക്കുറിച്ച് വിശദീകരിക്കുന്നു. ജുഡീഷ്യൽ ആക്ടിവിസത്തിന്റെ വെല്ലുവിളികളും മുന്നോട്ടുള്ള വഴികളും എന്തെന്ന് വിശദമാക്കുന്നു.

Scientists are making significant progress towards reviving the woolly mammoth

A company aiming to bring extinct animals back from the dead said it has taken an elephant-sized step toward genetically resurrecting the woolly mammoth, a wild if contentious goal to repopulate the Arctic tundra with a missing titan.

New antibiotic class effective against multidrug-resistant bacteria

Scientists at Uppsala University have discovered a new class of antibiotics with potent activity against multidrug-resistant bacteria, and have shown that it cures bloodstream infections in mice. The new antibiotic class is described in an article in the scientific journal PNAS.

Non-Thermal Plasma Applications in Biomedical and Medicine fields

The fishing and marine industry plays a crucial role in providing food, livelihoods, and economic prosperity worldwide. However, one significant challenge that the industry faces is biofouling - the accumulation of marine organisms on submerged surfaces.

European lawmakers pass world's first major act to regulate AI

The European Union's parliament on Wednesday approved the world's first major set of regulatory ground rules to govern the mediatized artificial intelligence at the forefront of tech investment.

Modeling the origins of life: New evidence for an 'RNA World'

Charles Darwin described evolution as \"descent with modification.\" Genetic information in the form of DNA sequences is copied and passed down from one generation to the next. But this process must also be somewhat flexible, allowing slight variations of genes to arise over time and introduce new traits into the population.

Misbeliefs related to Food, Nutrition and Cancer

There are so many myths about food and nutrition related to cancer and it's difficult to find out the truth. Often the information shared by people and on internet is very confusing. One cannot clarify the fact about the statement.

Probiotic feed additive boosts growth, health in poultry in place of antibiotics

Antimicrobial resistance is an increasingly serious threat for public health, and the use of anti-microbials in livestock feed has been a major contributing factor in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance to many drugs, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

India is rapidly turning into a concrete jungle

In the last 17 years, our country has turned into a concrete jungle. From 2005 to 2023, the construction area in the country has increased by 25 lakh hectares.

Can animals count?

Research team from The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) Faculty of Medicine (CU Medicine) has made a groundbreaking discovery regarding number sense in animals by confirming the existence of discrete number sense in rats, offering a crucial animal model for investigating the neural basis of numerical ability and disability in humans.

38 trillion dollars in damages each year-due to climate change

Climate change can be a natural process where temperature, rainfall, wind and other elements vary over decades or more. In millions of years, our world has been warmer and colder than it is now. But today we are experiencing unprecedented rapid warming from human activities, primarily due to burning fossil fuels that generate greenhouse gas emissions. Global average temperatures have risen by more than 1.1 degrees Celsius since 1850, exacerbating climate impacts, with 2023 being the hottest on record.

In a warming world, climate scientists consider category 6 hurricanes

For more than 50 years, the National Hurricane Center has used the Saffir-Simpson Windscale to communicate the risk of property damage; it labels a hurricane on a scale from Category 1 (wind speeds between 74-95 mph) to Category 5 (wind speeds of 158 mph or greater).

Scientists Have Grown Diamonds in Just 150 Minutes

Natural diamonds take billions of years to form in the extreme pressures and temperatures deep underground. Synthetic forms can be produced far quicker, but they typically still require some intense squishing for up to several weeks.

BLAZING SUN IS ON

Rising temperatures are testing the limits of human tolerance to heat. With their predominantly built-up landscape, urban areas offer no respite. A study by the Centre for Science and Environment on the morphology and heat patterns of nine Indian cities over the past decade shows how these urban centres are turning into heat islands with a potentially serious impact on human health. An analysis by Rajneesh Sareen, Mitashi Singh and Nimish Gupta, with Shagun in Haryana and Kiran Pandey

'Protection from climate change part of right to life'

The Supreme Court of India, on April 5, recognised that citizens have a right to be free from the adverse effects of climate change, saying it is intertwined with the fundamental rights to life and equality. Here are the key arguments articulated by the three-judge bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra in their judgement

Locked out

Two years after becoming the only state to be excluded from the Centre's ruralemployment guarantee scheme, villages in West Bengal grapple with distress migration and debt traps