Environment

We've started taking antibiotics for every little sniffle. Credit: oliverdodd/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

A Human History of Infectious Agents and the Reality of Antimicrobial Resistance

Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee 26/12/2015

With great confidence and supposed vision, we decided that...

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An Environmental Message That Gets Lost in Translation

Mrinal Pande 22/12/2015

The formalised language of government edicts about environmental protection...

A pair of voles, one with an ear tag that is used as a unique identifier for the vole. Credit: Aubrey Kelly/Cornell University

Why Do Some Prairie Voles Pair for Life?

Janaki Lenin 20/12/2015

During a famine, vole populations can crash. Those with...

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Whatever Happens Next, This is What COP21 Lets Us Do Against Climate Change

Anjali Vaidya 17/12/2015

The Paris Agreement has been signed, as of Saturday...

From new Delhi to Jaipur.

We Need Clean Air But Spare Us the Judicial Overreach

Markandey Katju 16/12/2015

The Supreme Court's specific directions not only violate the...

If we delay the first stock-taking to 2023, the consequences will be perilous for India and other poor nations in the bottom half of the world. Credit: spinster cardigan/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Ten Inconvenient Truths About the Paris Climate Accord

Surya P. Sethi 16/12/2015

1. The Paris Agreement has deftly crafted language to...

An industrial wasteland. Credit: cultr/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

The Paris Agreement and Being Grateful for Small Mercies

Chandrashekhar Dasgupta 16/12/2015

The recently concluded agreement leaves unresolved a number of...