Biotechnology and Environmental Biosafety
BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOSAFETY IN THE FIELD OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PRODUCTION Dr. Ashok Kumar Panigrahi, Balasore. Techniques questioned: Genetical modification of Agricultural Seeds-...
View ArticleDemonetisation, surgical strike, Jaya’s death made headlines in 2016
New Delhi: Demonetisation, attack on Indian Air Force Base in Pathankot, imposition of liquor ban in Bihar, fire in Puttingal temple in Kerala, the terrorist attack in Uri and Manipur activist Irom...
View ArticleThe Trans-Alaska Pipeline: Lessons for the Keystone XL Pipeline Debate (The...
(Source: The Heritage Foundation) The Obama Administration has cited various environmental and economic objections to the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, a $5.2 billion project that would...
View Article2014 women of the year
updated 7:56 AM EST, Thu December 11, 2014 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View ArticleEvery Episode of David Attenborough’s Life Series, Ranked
BBC / Anton_Ivanov / Rich Carey / Neirfy / Resul Muslu / Starcea Gheorghe Silviu / Georgia Evans / Tanawat Ariya / Shutterstock / Paul Spella / The Atlantic This Sunday, Sir David Attenborough,...
View ArticleA world of thrills and chills for 2015
updated 2:21 PM EST, Thu January 1, 2015 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View ArticleSaga of the world's most famous grizzly
In June 2007, Dennis VanDenbos, a high school science teacher from Lander, Wyo., was attending an education conference at the Jackson Lake Lodge in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park. Mr. VanDenbos...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View Article[UPDATE]: Huge Oversight Gap on Refugio Pipeline in Santa Barbara County
How Did 2,500 Barrels of Oil Escape Without Notice? Originally published 3:20 p.m., May 21, 2015...
View ArticleWhat I wish we hadn't learned in 2014
updated 8:28 AM EST, Mon December 29, 2014 January 1: Couples kiss in New York's Times Square to ring in the new year. January 6: Ice builds up along Lake Michigan at Chicago's North Avenue Beach....
View Article09/21/15 ‘Boise Celebrates Good Neighbors’ Recognizes 38 Who Make...
(Source: City of Boise, ID) Mayor David Bieter today announced the names of 38 Boise residents, organizations, and businesses nominated to be recognized during tomorrow evening's Boise Celebrates Good...
View ArticleLife and Death on Route 395
I awoke the morning of my 46th birthday on top of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Not immediately on top of it – it was buried at a depth of at least 25 feet in this spot – but just a few steps from our...
View ArticleIs America Any Safer?
Fifteen years ago this September 11, 19 terrorists, using four jetliners as guided missiles, killed 2,977 people—and enveloped the country in fear. It was the first sustained attack on American soil...
View ArticleThe Unnatural Kingdom
IF you ever have the good fortune to see a Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep in the wild, the experience might go like this: On a sunny morning in Yosemite National Park, you walk through alpine meadows and...
View ArticleTrash Talk: Cooke City Cleans Up Garbage, Saves Bears
Photo by Judy Tilly. The press coverage of endangered species management tends to highlight conflicts. “If it bleeds, it leads.” All too rarely we read stories about people coming together to solve...
View ArticleCAUSES OF POLLUTION AND ITS TYPES
INTRODUCTION Air pollution, contamination of Earth’s ecosystem with supplies that interfere with human health, the top quality of lifestyle, or the organic operating of ecosystems (residing organisms...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs And The Bad Boy Family Through...
May 20 2016, 2:35 AM ET Share this article: The launch of VIBE was the definitive introduction of the power of Hip-Hop and culture to move the crowd. Before the Internet, before email, before social...
View ArticleBird-hit awareness through sms
AHMEDABAD: With monsoon set to arrive in the city this weekend, Airports Authority of India (AAI) along with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will roll out awareness campaign through sms to...
View ArticleCampaign to save flights from bird hits
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: In an attempt to curb the waste menace on the airport premises, the airport authority on Saturday conducted an awareness campaign, 'Keep our City Clean, Save airport from bird...
View ArticleScavenger birds suffer due to improper disposal of garbage
Coimbatore: Improper waste disposal methods have a devastating impact on scavenger birds. Many of these birds get hurt and some even die. Forest officials are hoping to tackle this problem by charting...
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