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The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has received a “major gift” from Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears of Hunting Valley, bringing their total support of the museum to $10

Prof Hemendrakumar Prithviraj Gandhi, 'Father of Indian freshwater diatom science', dedicated his life to diatom research, discovering 299 new taxa an

At the Feet of Living Things: Twenty-Five Years of Wildlife Research and Conservation in India is an edited volume of essays that marks the 25th anniversary of the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) which was set up in 1996. In his foreword to the volume, the well-known environmental historian, Mahesh Rangarajan, notes that non-governmental organisations in the wildlife conservation space are usually established by experienced, well-connected men.

MS had written that seeds of the green revolution were first sown in the fields of CRRI through the indica-japonica rice crosses, and decided that the plant type should be tailored to be functionally responsive to external application of fertilisers.

Swaminathan played a significant role in changing the trajectory of the agriculture sector when farmers were dependent on archaic farming techniques.

In 2011, Current Science magazine analysed a ramkand mool sample from a temple in Kolhapur. They found an 89 per cent overlap with Agave sisalana, a spiky-leaved plant used to make sisal fabric.

Civil construction projects along the Himalayas in recent years have prioritised “economic gains and socio-political considerations” without adequate focus on, or investments in, protective measures guided by science, two geologists said

The last barrier to a commercial takeover of AI advances has fallen after the recent OpenAI tussle, leaving us with a free-for-all in this vital field even as biotech businesses rush brashly ahead in another.

Dr. Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman or C.V Raman was known for his discovery Raman Effect and received Nobel Prize in 1930. He became the first Indian to receive Nobel Prize in Physics. Let us read about his early life, career, discoveries, awards and

In the lead-up to theCOP28, experts warn about the consequences of geoengineering, including ozone layer damage and potential delays in emission reductions