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Saving habitat: Go beyond the usual

According to sources in NTCA, 76 tigers died in the country in 2017 but 14 were cases of poaching.

There are no studies done to document what percentage of married couples are celibate.

Sex it up: Celibate marriages

A human being has a biological need for procreation of the species. In some cases this need is not developed as it should be.

05 Mar 2018 2:02 AM

Art consumers — be they be buyers, investors or audiences — seldom realise that entire lives are dedicated to the creation of arts, both visual and performing, and that not being able to make a living out of it is heartbreaking.

Art beat: Living on the canvas

The internet has liberated the art business a bit from the earlier stranglehold of a few, but it has still far, far to go.

05 Mar 2018 1:56 AM

Running needs qualities like discipline which is necessary to make a company thrive.

Runversation: How to run a company and a marathon

CEO Vijayraghavan Venugopal has achieved a sub-3 finish in full marathons and ranks among the best runners in the country.

25 Feb 2018 4:10 AM

Aid from foreign sources is a two-edged sword as Indian NGOs tell the story of how exploitative some of the conditions can be.

Art of giving: Sex and the charities

It is important for organisations like Oxfam to sustain the support for charity in their home base and to rein in sexual abuse among staff.

25 Feb 2018 3:59 AM

Men are capable of original thinking and such geniuses have made the lives of fellow humans better. It is the mediocre who cannot reconcile with it.

Plagiarism: Nothing original about it

It is today impossible to get away with plagiarism in literature or journalism.

25 Feb 2018 3:49 AM

Although this recent controversy is now defused, there are deeper systemic problems pertaining to the neglect of evolution in India that need addressing.

India badly needs more, not less, evolutionary biology

Understanding evolution helps us solve biological problems. What is urgently needed is a revamping of biology curricula at all levels.

19 Feb 2018 6:02 AM

India is also a part of this web platform. It has pods in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram.

Find a woman scientist here

Anyone who requires a woman’s voice —consultant, keynote speaker or a panellist — will find it in ‘Request a Woman Scientist’.

19 Feb 2018 5:59 AM

From plastic to fuel

Some of the fuel generated with their experiment has been sold to villages around Pune for Rs 35-Rs 37 a litre.

19 Feb 2018 5:55 AM

Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, not one of a kind.

China clones twin monkeys: Are humans next?

Chinese scientists have cloned monkeys using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep.

12 Feb 2018 1:59 AM

The feather in Sunil Sharma’s cap is Brazil Ultra Marathon, an international series of races held in exotic locations under extreme conditions.

Run to excel, run for a cause

Sunil Sharma overcame the lack resources to become one of India’s best endurance runners.

12 Feb 2018 1:55 AM

Man who saw tomorrow

Falcon Heavy rocket was a key turning point for Elon Musk, the tech genius who wants to die on Mars.

12 Feb 2018 1:53 AM

Kishore says he’s earnings have gone up from Rs 20,000 to Rs 2 lakh a month.

Copper gets a new shine and market

With steel and plastic easy to use, the coppersmiths of Pune were pushed into obscurity.

05 Feb 2018 2:40 AM

The certificate is recorded on the blockchain and contains a unique and irrefutable timestamp.

The art of blockchain

A technology start-up is cataloguing artwork on a decentralised ledger to curb the menace of art forgery.

05 Feb 2018 2:36 AM

A file photo of people demonstrating against government policies that favour one per cent rich.

New technology delinks people from GDP growth

Governments’ focus on GDP growth alone ignoring other incidators could result into a popular backlash.

05 Feb 2018 2:33 AM

Runversation: Have the heart to run

Jimmy Hoon, 54, ran his full marathon after he underwent a quadruple bypass heart surgery.

29 Jan 2018 2:17 AM

Recent community-based studies suggest that the prevalence of Tourette in school-aged children ranges from one to eight per 1,000.

Odd bod: Goodbye to those jerky, quirky traits

Tourette’s syndrome makes you blink, wink, clear your throat or even blurt out.

29 Jan 2018 2:14 AM

On a typical day, the average person is said to check their phone 85 times while spending in all about 5 hours on phones each day.

Addiction: Smartphones — How much is too much?

As smartphones get smarter, it is getting impossible for people to be without their devices.

29 Jan 2018 2:11 AM

There was significant contribution to this Nobel Prize-winning discovery from India.

Gravitational waves get an Indian push

LIGO-India brings forth a real possibility of Indian scientists stepping into the new window of gravitational-wave astronomy to probe the universe.

22 Jan 2018 2:08 AM

Efforts are on to make Thiruvananthapuram rock-cut Siva temple on the country’s tourism calendar.

Rock-cut temple beckons

The temple and its premises were a well-kept secret of the capital city.

22 Jan 2018 2:05 AM

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