Month: May 2016

Decorations of a giraffe and a green plant are seen installed at a metro station in Wuhan

Genome Mapping Help Reveal How Giraffe Got Its Long Neck

Ben Hirschler 18/05/2016

The animal's unique body configuration has long been a...

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A Cancer Biologist Moving With the Cells

Nandita Jayaraj 18/05/2016

"I’ve been lucky to have had mentors who don’t...

A potential meal stimulates the touch-sensitive trigger hairs inside a Venus flytrap. Credit: Soenke Scherzer

Inside the Plant That Eats Its Enemies

Janaki Lenin 18/05/2016

How does a plant digest its prey? What molecular...

Ketamine crystals could help depression, too. Credit: michel1972/Wikimedia Commons

Ketamine: Painkiller, Party Drug – and Possibly Next-generation Antidepressant

Keith Laws 18/05/2016

Ketamine belongs to a class of drugs that block...

Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar during a press conference. Credit: PTI Photo

We Are Providing Ease of Doing Responsible Business: Prakash Javadekar

Nitin Sethi 17/05/2016

In conversation with the environment minister.

Muhammad Sadique, 103, plucks flowers in the field to be sold in local markets in the outskirts of Faisalabad, July 29, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Fayyaz Hussain/Files

Biogas Pumps are Making Pakistani Farms Richer, Greener

Saleem Shaikh and Sughra Tunio 17/05/2016

A pilot project led by the Punjab provincial government...

Men fish next to cracked ground as the Atibainha dam lake dries up due to a prolonged drought in Nazare Paulista

As Temperatures Soar, Governments Begin Work on Paris Climate Deal Rules

Alister Doyle 17/05/2016

The agreement sets targets for shifting the world to...