Month: October 2015

A skin sample from a four-month old mouse with skin fibrosis (right) showed higher level of elastin fibre (stained blue to black) than in the skin from a normal mouse (left). Credit: Colin Jamora

Protein Identified as Key Player in Skin Fibrosis

Nandita Jayaraj 26/10/2015

A discovery by scientists in India and the U.S....

DNA synthesis. Credit: ynse/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why Genetic Engineering is Stranger Than You Think it is

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 26/10/2015

Genetic engineering and horizontal gene transfer are phrases that...

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Growth or Environment: A False Choice

T.N. Ninan 26/10/2015

In this excerpt from his new book, T.N. Ninan...

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Beef Consumption Rises (Marginally), Indians Seek Protein

Prachi Salve 23/10/2015

Chicken has emerged as India’s third highest source of...

Elephants in Nyanza, Kenya. Credit: chadica/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why Don’t Elephants Get Cancer?

Janaki Lenin 22/10/2015

Only a few of these long-lived giants appear to...

A tree trunk. Credit: Jacob Lawitzki/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Listen: The Story of the Woman Who Saved a Hill

Padmaparna Ghosh and Samanth Subramanian 20/10/2015

Childhood nostalgia and a love for nature come together...

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From National Capital to Mosquito Metropolis, How Delhi Built Itself an Epidemic

Sribala Subramanian 20/10/2015

As India embarks on its biggest urban expansion yet,...