In February 2019, people from three villages in the Jhargram district of West Bengal feared a wolf that had attacked eight people. Local newspapers reported that in a neighbouring village, three men ...

Antibiotics, drugs used to treat bacterial infections, have been pivotal in curing many bacterial diseases since its discovery in 1928. However, an emerging threat to using them is the rise of ...

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Iron Age finds from Tamil Nadu of some 2500 years ago reveal a great mastery of bronze metallurgy and the pioneering art of crucible steel making. The southern Indian Iron Age, especially in Tamil ...

Most of us see mosquitoes as blood-sucking pests and wonder if the world would be a better place if there were none. Do they have anything good to offer apart from giving us itchy rashes and deadly ...

We have all heard of the Indus Valley Civilisation, an ancient Bronze Age civilisation that thrived in the northwestern regions of South Asia in the third millennium BCE. It is well known for its ...

In 2014, a team of the local Idu Mishmi people led by Dr Sahil Nijhawan, placed cameras in the jungles of Dibang Valley, Arunachal Pradesh to understand the distribution of medium and large-sized ...

Turmeric is a ubiquitous ingredient in home remedies for ailments ranging from infections to arthritis. A mixture of turmeric and milk (haldi-doodh) has been used as a traditional cure for bone ...

Researchers have, for the first time, reported in detail a little known source of water among great apes and Old World monkeys – a family of primates that inhabit the forests of Asia and Africa. The ...

It’s the 20-20 cricket world cup finals. Indian vs. Pakistan! India need 4 runs to win! Yuvraj Singh swings his bat and it’s a…! Blank! Oh no! A power cut! But wait! Isn’t it the electricity that has ...

Researchers study how auditory epithelial cells in chicks simultaneously coordinate position and orientation to arrange ...

Researchers study how auditory epithelial cells in chicks simultaneously coordinate position and orientation to arrange themselves lining the inner ear.