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The translocation of surplus wildlife from a Zimbabwean park evokes mixed responses

Texas A&M University researchers have reported finding DNA traces in the pigment used in 3,000-4,000 year old cave paintings discovered in Texas (Science, Vol 268, No 5210). Paint samples

THOMAS Crapper, the inventor of the commode, had never anticipated the headache involved in the act of hitting the pot in space. There has been a steady and gainless drain of US $3 million on R&D on

JAPAN must get its act together on the energy front, says the International Energy Agency (iea). In a news conference organised in Tokyo in mid-June, Robert Priddle, director of the iea warned that

The recent radioactive water leak in Tarapur has caused a furore and caught the authorities by their neck

France obstinately plans to ahead with nuclear testings in the South Pacific just after the NPT conference held by the Big 5

With quinine-based drugs, traditionally sought to treat malaria, failing to contain the disease anymore, scientists of the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (cimap), based in

Recent government moves in Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe to monitor NGOs and curtail their rights are being given a once over

Keeping the standard kilogram - a 4 cm high and 4 cm wide platinum iridium cylinder in Paris - clean is a formidable task. The cylinder has to be kept free from dust and contaminants like