TO A male sports fan, the victory or defeat of his favourite team in a match is of'vital' importance- it actu- allyaffects his hormone level. According to a study conducted by the Georgia State
THOUSANDS of people living in the Nigata, Kumamoto and Kagoshima pre- fectures in Japan had contracted the Minamata disease (first detected in the early 1950'5) -a form of organic mer- cury poisoning
THE old banking system is collapsing under pressure from new technologies, causing sleepless nights to big bankers. The bank of the future will be a cyber- space one, which never closes, nor
MUSHROOMING growth and burgeoning population is slowly eating up the natural Sonoran desert in Arizona; Phoenix, one of the fastest growing metropolitan regions in the US, especially faces the
People all over the country were caught in a frenzy on September 21, when rumours about lord Ganesha idols guzzling milk took wings. While the devout thronged the temples, milksellers and
The Three Gorges Dam hydroelectric project in China, once promoted as a major money-spinner for multinationals, is now turning out to be a liability for Beijing. The international financial
What guides the growth of neurons, the basic cells of the nervous system, in embryonic human beings? Neurobiologists at the University of California recently identified 2 proteins that enable
Cambodia can use its pristine rainforests and impressive wildlife population to salvage its ruined economy - not by culling the trees or killing the animals, but by displaying them, This novel
The School of Environmental Sciences (SES), at the Jadavpur University, Calcutta, has established itself rapidly since its inception in 1989. D Chakravarti, the School's mentor, says, "Every
