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Why Do Fish Not Deserve Their Reputation For Forgetfulness

Fish have a reputation for being gormless and forgetful, but they can "count", navigate a maze and even remember faces There is something fishy about our attitude to fish. It ...

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It's My Wife's Pregnancy, Not Mine, But It's Our Baby

When my wife and I decided to have a child that she would carry, I thought being a woman, in a same-sex couple, would help me empathise. I was wrong Watching one’s belov...

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India, Neighbours, Push For Leprosy, Kala Azar Elimination By 2020

Countries in the WHO South-East Asian Region including India today resolved to fast-track efforts to eradicate and eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTD) such as leprosy,...

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Nestle, Mars Vow To Clean Up Pet Food Supply Chain

The move by the world’s two largest pet food companies puts pressure on suppliers to end labour abuses.Swiss food giant Nestlé SA and US candy and pet food compan...

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Why Scientists Are Listening To Insects

Researchers are reviving a field of study grounded in both music and biology: wingbeat frequency. This peculiar line of study could help us fight malaria It's a warm summer af...

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Sometimes The Best Way To Make Change Is To Make Trouble

We decided to go to Malta because we were fed up with the inactivity from NGOs about the endless trapping and killing of migratory birds there. We first went four years ago, t...

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Woman Who Debated With Buddha

Neelakesi proved that anybody can be a rishi, irrespective of birth A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about a fascinating character, who serves as the focal point for a now lost ...

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Genetic Map Of Dogs Evolution Sheds Light On Cancer & Diabetes

An evolutionary tree of more than 161 dog breeds has been mapped out by geneticists, showing which types are closely related to each other. The research will obviously be of i...

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Caught In The Crossfire

The wanton killings never seem to stop. A bomb attack recently on refugees inside their own homeland in Syria led to the ghastly deaths of 68 children in Aleppo. There were ha...

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Invisible Farmers: Young Women Injecting New Ideas Into Agriculture

Anika Molesworth is enjoying experimenting with drones on her family’s farm at Broken Hill but the sheep are not cooperating. “The drones are not quite a toy but w...

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BANDAR REMAINS CAGED IN AMBIGUITY

 Kashyap’s Bandar Rattles Loudly, Says Half Truths. Film critic Arnab Banerje...

June 7 2026

MAA BEHEN STRUGGLES TO BITE

Arnab Banerjee reviews Maa Behen, Suresh Triveni's dark comedy starring Madhuri Dixit, T...

June 7 2026

I LIVE INSIDE THE VISUAL WORLD

Utpal Datta speaks with Sri Lankan filmmaker Nadie Wasalamudaliarachchi about her acclai...

June 6 2026