Not Just A Hiss Tale

The Pratap household in Ichhapyari Naagin is beginning to feel like a snake pit. With Ichha, the mild mannered form shifting snake being forced to bare her fangs by Amrita/...

Mining For Smartphone Metals Could Kill Rare And Beautiful Deep Sea Creatures

Last March, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association exploration vessel Okeanos made a remarkable discovery while surveying the deep sea floor off of Hawaii. In the...

To control bird population, Barcelona to feed contraceptives to pigeons!

Indians are not alone to be stunned by the over populated pigeon community; many European countries too are troubled by their overwhelming presence. from rural to urban, th...

Going Green At The Singapore Eco Film Festival

You must have heard of the celebrity otters residing in our sunny island by now — their adorable antics have thrilled many here and grabbed many a headline. Now, you ...

Snakes In The Living Room!

Snakes In The Living Room!I can’t believe this that our desi news channels have no clue about geographic locations in

various cities. Take for example, early ...

Femme Very Fatale

There have been dangerous women in popular fiction, a few serial killers too, but Jodie Danforth is in a class apart. It is a generalisation, perhaps unfair, that women are...

Ecological And Social Implications Of Trans And Climate Change

We are biological creatures, part of an ecosphere, living in communities. Like any other organism, our genetic code sets parameters within which we live. The ecosphere is g...

Women Are Writing The Best Crime Novels

They don’t seem to believe in heroes as much as their male counterparts, which in some ways makes their storytelling a better fit for the times. ce upon a time, in th...

Australian Rodent Is First Mammal Made Extinct By Human-Driven Climate Change, Scientists Say

Australia — Australian researchers say rising sea levels have wiped out a rodent that lived on a tiny outcrop in the Great Barrier Reef, in what they say is the first...