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ABOUT AMERICAN POP CULTURE FIXTURES AND PRIVILEGED WAY OF LIFE PRESENTED AS A REVIEW OF THE ANTHROPOCENE

Heritage erased

Kashmir's highly fertile alluvial soil deposits called karewas are being destroyed in the name of development, much to the peril of local people

Charged up

Battery makers are moving beyond lithium to power India's clean energy ambitions

25.87 MILLION HECTARES

That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India's green cover. Does this land exist? Is it encroached upon? Or is it just degraded; so degraded that there are no forests to be counted here?

Non-antibiotic growth promoter for monogastric farm animals

Feed additives assist in boosting the monogastric Fanimal immune system through maintaining homeostasis of the gastrointestinal tract. The gastrointestinal tract is a vital immune organ that encompasses roughly 70% of the total immune cells of the body. Apart from the above, feed additives regulate gut flora, reduce weaning stress and other environmental challenges on piglets and pigs respectively.

Warm milk at bed time help you fall asleep

When heading to bed, people often do a variety of rituals to help Wthem prepare for a restful night's sleep, such as taking a warm bath or doing nighttime yoga.

Nuclear Power Plant at Moon

Electricity has revolutionized the world like nothing ever has, and it's impossible for humanity to imagine a life on Earth without it. Now, if we could generate electricity in space that can revolutionize the space travel as well as living on other destinations than earth.

Microgreens: A nutrient-dense food for improved health and well-being

In recent years, the attention towards microgreens is increasing due to the rise in public awareness of healthy eating worldwide. “Microgreens" are a young, immature, and tender edible seedling of edible plants harvested at 2-5 inches tall, 6 to 15 days post sowing when the cotyledonary leaves start to emerge or just before the fully developed first true leaves.

Global Warming: Biggest Menace to Our Existence!

If someone is truly worried about the fate of the world, it would be a climate scientist. After testing all his climate theories, when he would look at the world, he would see only devastation in the future.

Atom's energy can keep the world powered and the Nature calm

Humanity would never wish to face calamities, at the same time it won't choose to live in darkness either. But, I am afraid we are well on our way to one of these.

4-Fluorouridine is an oral antiviral that blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication

According to a research paper published in science journal, 4′fluorouridine (4′-FlU, EIDD-2749), a ribonucleoside analog that inhibits RSV, related RNA viruses, and SARSCoV-2 with high selectivity index in cells and human airway epithelia organoids.

Top 10 Science Stories Of 2021

Thrilling Science and technology discoveries, hurdles in the fight against Covid and Tadvancements in space exploration defined the past year

VOICE OF SILENT VALLEY

M K Prasad spread environmental consciousness until his last breath

SITTING DUCK

Food inflation is at an unprecedented high across the world. Crop loss due to extreme weather events is behind the spiralling prices. The cycle can be interrupted only if farmers have access to robust weather forecast mechanisms and crop insurance schemes

An unusual contest

Rajasthan's state bird, the great Indian bustard, might lose its last natural habitat to wind and solar power plants

Patchy growth

Forests and trees now cover one-quarter of India's geography. But this is not necessarily good news

HOPE DEFERRED

With the pandemic near endemicity, an effective and widely available treatment for COVID-19 would be a significant breakthrough for managing the viral infection. Are we there yet? TARAN DEOL, NEW DELHI

Good riddance

A firm develops safer devices that use light and sound to reduce human-wildlife conflicts DAKSHIANI PALICHA

AN ETCH IN TIME

Santhali communities of Odisha and Jharkhand re changing their ways of painting Sohrai murals

2021 Was Earth's Sixth-Hottest Year

THE YEAR 2021 was the fifth warmest for India since 1901. The "Climate of India during 2021" report published by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on January 15 says annual mean temperature of the country was 0.44oC above the long period average (LPA).

Viva Cuba For Its Vaccine Revolution

Punching way above its weight, the tiny nation has developed five vaccines, and offers hope of vaccine equity across the world

A GENERATION INTERRUPTED

Children born today might be the next development challenge for the world

RESIDUAL PANDEMIC

There is a huge number of people who have defeated COVID-19, but continue to suffer its debilitating long-term effects RAVLEEN KAUR IN SURAT, GUJARAT

UNPREPARED STILL

World enters an endless loop of disease outbreaks and remains dangerously unprepared for such crises even in third year of the COVID-19 pandemic

RISING MERCURY IS MAKING NEPAL GLACIERS VULNERABLE

Changing nature of glaciers and glacial lakes make the Himalayas one of the most climate vulnerable regions on the planet. RIJAN BHAKTA KAYASTHA, a glaciologist at the Himalayan Cryosphere, Climate and Disaster Research Center, Kathmandu University in Nepal, speaks to AKSHIT SANGOMLA about glaciers in Nepal and the impact of climate change on them

We Are Not At Peace With Nature

What can I wish for in the middle of a pandemic? It is not going to be a “new” year if we continue with our foolish ways of managing the planet

Omicron Unlikely To Increase Threat In Children

Hasty vaccination of healthy young people will have little benefit

SUN, SALT AND SAND

Use of solar-powered pumps for salt manufacturing has not just helped Gujarat's Agariya community fight the rising fuel costs, but also drastically cut their carbon emissions

Protracted struggle

Despite legal win, three tribal villages in Andhra Pradesh are still fighting the state to save their land from mining

Calling out Albert Bourla and Big Pharma

Omicron is the result of leading vaccine makers and rich nations' failure to provide equitable supplies of jabs against COVID-19