Measuring The Millennium Development Goals: Cutting Maternal Deaths

Becoming a mother in sub-Saharan Africa is more dangerous than climbing Mount Everest. In Chad, the odds of dying during pregnancy or childbirth are one in 15; in Sierra Le...

Your Body Is Made Of Hydrogel, And Soon Robots Could Be Too

Researchers at MIT have detailed a new method to create synthetic hydrogels—polymer networks infiltrated with water—that stick to non-porous surfaces such as gl...

Can Quotas Help Tackle The Confidence Gender Gap?

Quotas — in politics, business, or education — are a heavy-handed way to banish gender discrimination. They increase female representation, but at wha...

Children’s Film Festival From November 14

The Karimnagar district administration has decided to celebrate the Children’s Film Festival from November 14 to 20 on a grand scale in Karimnagar...

A Minute With: Helen Mirren On Hedda Hopper, Hollywood, And Women

From the Queen of England, a tough chief detective and a handful of ruthless secret agents, Britain’s Dame Helen Mirren has never been a woman to be messed with &ndas...

Make Diwali Safe For Pets, Urge Bollywood Actresses

Bollywood actresses Nargis Fakhri and Jacqueline Fernandezhave urged their fans to avoid firecrackers on Diwali to provide a safe environment for pets. Jacqueline Fernandez...

On Kid’s TV, Sugary Treats Pitched To Parents As Healthy

Children’s television has long been peppered with ads selling sugary snacks and drinks as fun, adventurous options for cool kids in the know. Now a study suggests tha...

We’re Halfway To Global Warming’s ‘Dangerous Limit’

The UK?s major meteorological outfit, the Met, says we?re entering what it calls ?uncharted territory? this year. According to the organization, ?data for 2015 so far shows...

Curtain Raiser

“Everything is a celebration in the garden of childhood”
- Pablo Neruda

A question which frequently haunted me raises its head as I write...