Global warming proponents and sceptics agree on one point: study into myth of 'pause' merits more research

A study suggesting that the pause in global warming is not real has managed to unify climate scientists and their arch-sceptics over the need for further research to clarif...

European Union - Approved 'safe' air pollution levels causing early deaths, shows study

Air pollution in the European Union is causing premature deaths even when levels meet quality guidelines, a report has shown. Even in areas where pollution was much lower t...

2?C rise will be a disaster say leading scientists

Governments have set the wrong target to limit climate change. The goal at present ? to limit global warming to a maximum of 2?C higher than the average for most of human h...

Small Farmers & Climate Change

“Farmers have been adapting for centuries and so there is a lot they can already do,” wrote Vincent Vadez, principal scientist with the International Crops Rese...

Do Attend the Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest at NCPA, November 14 to 17, 2013.

An announcement for all avid readers in Mumbai, it’s time for Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai International LitFest
where Over 120 writers and thinkers from all...

Genetic testing raises hope for lung cancer treatments

Offering genetic testing to lung cancer patients can potentially save lives, research suggests.

A study of 5,000 patients found genetic profiling of lung tumours bo...

A Healthier Global Health Agenda

LONDON – On September 25, world leaders will meet in New York at a special session of the United Nations to chart a path to a new set of Sustainable Development Goals...

‘THE DARK KNIGHT’ Director Christopher Nolan Making Climate Change Apocalypse Film

Director Christopher Nolan cagily denied his Batman film trilogy had a conservative streak.

The trilogy’s take on terrorism and an Occupy Wall Street-styled f...

Drought followed by brain: How climate change spurred evolution of human intelligence

Scientists show shifts from dry to wet and back in East Africa’s Rift Valley caused the development of the human brain.

Humans evolved their ...