India's fertiliser subsidy system carries fiscal, environmental and energy costs beyond the price farmers pay. A new Climate Trends study...
A new Nature study identifies Nectin-4 as a receptor that helps the rubella virus enter placental and respiratory cells, offering...
A Kerala-born student in Milton Keynes is writing, producing and releasing his own Malayalam hip-hop and R&B music — one...
India's migrant construction workers play a crucial role in the country's urban development, yet many continue to face poor working...
Sikkim has recorded a 79% increase in milk production over the past decade. New initiatives include a Siri cattle Centre...
Long before brain scans and developmental neuroscience, a Swiss biologist-turned-psy chologist argued that children are not minia ture adults but...
How does a soft-spoken, late-blooming, introspective young man—once dismissed as lazy and unimaginative—go on to become one of the greatest...
Rejected in Britain, celebrated by Einstein, here's the story of S.N. Bose, the Indian physicist who formulated quantum statistics, now...
Europe’s crops are maturing earlier as rising temperatures accelerate plant development, but earlier maturity does not necessarily mean bigger harvests. Heat and drought can shorten critical...
Australia’s Hunter Valley coal mine has been approved to operate until 2045, raising questions about how the extension fits into the country’s transition towards lower emissions...
A three-year-old tigress from Bihar’s Valmiki Tiger Reserve has been released in Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, after years of habitat and prey-base restoration aimed at...
More than 3.5 million tonnes of potatoes could be lost across Europe and Britain as extreme heat and drought cut yields and push up processing prices.
Brain cells in the forebrain and hindbrain develop from two distinct groups of early cells, Stanford researchers have found, revealing an ancient split that could improve...
Between 1946 and 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands, exposing communities to radioactive fallout and forcing repeated relocations. Decades later,...
India has recorded at least 662 sewer and septic-tank deaths in 10 years, despite a legal ban on hazardous sanitation work and growing use of robotic...
The Matterhorn is almost snow-free after an exceptionally hot, dry summer, as Switzerland’s glaciers record another year of severe ice loss.
On International Day of Older Persons, a HelpAge India study highlights gaps in healthcare, income, family care and social support facing older people in India, including...
Climate change is already affecting what food costs. From heatwaves and droughts to weaker crop yields, extreme weather is disrupting food markets and making staples such...
