Many young Indian women underweight, their babies too – research

Researchers have long puzzled over why children in India, despite being wealthier, are shorter and smaller than children in sub-Saharan Africa. At least part of the answer ...

Nagaland CM stresses for Agriculture varsity in state

Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang has stressed the need of a Central Agriculture University in Nagaland to enhance productivity in agricultural and horticultural crops fo...

Care about global climate change? Then fight local air pollution

Leaders of developing countries should take a look at a new study by professors and researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the University of Chicago, and keep it in mind when th...

Deeper Ties to Corporate Cash for Doubtful Climate Researcher

For years, politicians wanting to block legislation on climate change have bolstered their arguments by pointing to the work of a handful of scientists who claim that green...

Climate change hampering world food production: scientists

The acceleration climate change and its impact on agricultural production means that profound societal changes will be needed in coming decades to feed the world's growing ...

Synthetic vaccine sought to finally eradicate polio

An international team of scientists is to try to develop a wholly artificial vaccine to combat polio.

The disease is very...

Too much sitting can be deadly – even if you exercise, review finds

Regular exercise doesn’t erase the higher risk of serious illness or premature death that comes from sitting too much each day, a new review reveals. Combing through ...

Climate change is lifting Iceland – and it could mean more volcanic eruptions

Land moving upward faster than researchers expected at 1.4in every year, allowing ‘hot potato’ rocks to rise Iceland is rising because of climate change, with l...

Global is the new local: Pollution changes clouds, climate downstream

The residents of Beijing and Delhi are not the only ones feeling the effects of Asian air pollution ? an unwanted by product of coal-fired economic development. The contine...