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Plateful of pain
11 May 2017 9:52 PM ISTOur health, 25 years from now, would be the sum total of the daily impacts of a degrading environment on our bodies. Triggers such as air pollution,...
Livelihoods at stake
23 April 2017 9:17 PM ISTJitendra and Ishan Kukreti report on the economic implications of the Uttar Pradesh government’s recent crackdown on slaughterhouses.
Water everywhere in Solar System
21 April 2017 10:09 PM ISTBut what does that mean for life? It should be no surprise that water played a key role in the formation and evolution of our planetary system,...
A possible pandemic
10 April 2017 9:26 PM ISTC Raina MacIntyre, Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, & Chau Bui explain how flu manages to stay.
Some make progress, some fumble
7 April 2017 9:32 PM ISTAccording to WHO, the number of people with common mental disorders is increasing, particularly in lower-income countries .
Warmest climate in half a billion years
6 April 2017 10:00 PM ISTWhat really matters is the combined effect of sun’s changing strength and the varying greenhouse effect, explain Gavin Foster, Dana Royer, & Dan Lunt...
Why I would not advocate vegetarianism
29 March 2017 9:25 PM ISTRecently at the release of our book First Food: Culture of Taste, which discusses the link between biodiversity, nutrition, and livelihoods, I was...
The only way to revive our rivers
28 March 2017 9:29 PM ISTDr. Lingaraju Yale looks up from his laptop with some trace of weariness and yet with some sign of hope. His work over the last four years in...
A string of tales about India's rivers
22 March 2017 9:07 PM ISTThe cultural legacy of rivers overpowers the religious narrative. All faiths in the subcontinent, and not just Vedic Hinduism, have a deep connection...
Running low on vital phosphorus
16 March 2017 8:58 PM ISTThe fact that more than 70 per cent of the global phosphorus supply comes from a single location is problematic, explains Vera Thoss.
Kashmir gets warmer
12 March 2017 9:32 PM ISTRising winter temperatures make rain and snowfall erratic in the valley, deplete streams, writes Zehra Mohammad.
Salvaging Punjab
10 March 2017 8:57 PM ISTThe success story of Green Revolution turned into a harrowing reality with land and water contamination showing a trickle-down effect on economy and...