Soil salinity and falling global prices push farmers to agriculture An increasing number of shrimp farmers in Bangladesh are going back to paddy farming. They don
Humans can speak because their brain development is slow slow and steady wins the race. The adage holds true even in the case of evolution of the brain. Some of our unique human features, like the ability to use languages, happen to be because of a slow brain development after birth as compared to chimpanzees. Researchers from Germany, UK and the US studied the expression of
The infectious agent can improve the efficiency of its batteries viruses just stormed the world of consumer electronics. A bit of genetic tweaking and they can make lithium ion batteries more efficient. For researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, this technology is an important breakthrough as it takes their drive for clean-energy technologies to a different
Plea to phase down a potent greenhouse gas TWO island nations vulnerable to climate change impacts, Micronesia and Mauritius, have sought curbs on a chemical that could represent a third of the total greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions by 2040. In a joint representation, the two countries sought US support to regulate production and use of hydroflourocarbons (hfcs) by getting them included
Central, northern India have a new date with the rains april, May and early June may be the future monsoon months of north and central India. As of now, the official date for the beginning of monsoons is June 29. But there has been a clear increase in rainfall in the months preceding June. This is because the atmosphere in north India is warming at a rate much faster than the rest of
