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The arrest of Petr Svacha, a Czech Scientist and his associate Emil Kucera in the hills of Darjeeling has thrown open a Pandora's box of loopholes in the Indian Biodiversity Act. Anil Kumar Dubey discusses how Svacha has unwittingly laid the Act out for international scrutiny.
What's wrong in letting foreigners teach budding scientists in Indian institutes or in encouraging foreign students to come here, asks Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju.
To young Indian scientists, who come back home after international research exposure, patent-aversion of the old-timers sticks out like a sore thumb. Reshmi Mukherjee gives a first person account.
Big bang. Many believe it is the last word in cosmic sciences. Self-confessed agnostic Jayant Vishnu Narlikar reviews the weaknesses of the model to suggest that scientists might just be fooling themselves with the "Emperor's New Clothes". He challenges many holy cows of cosmology here.
