“Behaviour of tiger P243 strengthened the belief that his presence means no harm to cubs. Instead, it showed lots of promise about the safety of the cubs. There is not much knowledge of the cubs’ ...

The carbon footprint and calculator were popularised by Big Oil to shift blame for climate change from industry to the individual. But you can turn the tables and use these tools for good.

In history, bodily fluids enjoyed a high prestige as curative agents for a long time. Image: MIT Press Reader In contrast to the wonders that the ancients fancied in saliva, and the high esteem with ...

The struggle of indigenous populations for environmental justice involves self-determination, colonialism, racism, sovereignty and environmental destruction. Adivasi protestors at a rally in New Delhi ...

Parachute science is rife in palaeontology, and we need to do something about its consequences for the field, scientists say. A fish fossil from the Araripe basin on display in the Santana do Cariri ...

The concept of a journal with pre-publication peer review is outmoded or at least of marginal importance. Photo: Oleg Magni/Pexels. I’m not a significant contributor to the academic scientific ...

Of 3,211 sanctioned posts at 26 labs, 40% were vacant. Of 1,294 vacant posts, more than two in three were scientific posts, says Project 39 A’s Forensic Science India Report. But, a new report on ...

The health ministry's argument against the WHO figures was wrong by a long margin and by its own findings in a national report released earlier this year. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya.

A National Green Tribunal verdict in the case of Sun Pharmaceutical in Tamil Nadu exposes the deterioration of environmental governance in India. Representative photo: PTI In a recent judgement of the ...

The NDC Bill 2020 takes an important step in the right direction – and then gets distracted. Photo: worthyofelegance/Unsplash. Dentists are an important, but an often unrecognised, group of ...

Khasi customs forbid tree-cutting in the law kyntang – the sacred groves and forests – and also disallow anyone from taking anything, even a leaf, out. A view of forests in Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya.

The authors’ research in multiple cities focuses on spaces of nature and how different people access them – men v. women, privileged v. oppressed caste groups, etc. In Delhi, while conducting surveys ...