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Seven years after her first report on the 'vanishing islands' of Sundarbans, Subhra Priyadarshini revisits the fragile delta in the Bay of Bengal to find that it is not just climate change that threatens the existence of this world heritage mangrove tiger-land spread across the Indo-Bangladesh border.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could break a bad habit easily or form a good one? What if people could control obsessive habits? Suvasini Ramaswamy takes a look at the little known science of habits to find out if we have any quick fixes yet.
How do big monetary awards impact science and scientists? Richa Malhotra finds out from some scientists who made headlines recently when their science was recognised with not just citations and plaques but some high-value cash awards and ample media attention.
Four years from now, NASA will launch a capsule called TiME headed for Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. With a dense atmosphere and some evidence of surface liquid, Titan is our prime target in the search for extraterrestrial life. Biplas Das reports from a meet discussing clues to ET life.
Over the last two decades, new species are being uncovered at a rapid rate in India. What, beyond looks, do scientists consider to describe a new species? Sandhya Sekar finds out.
At the 59th Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting in Germany devoted to chemistry, India expectedly had a strong presence. Shahzada Ahmad tells us why this year was a landmark for India at Lindau and how the Lindau alumni are making a difference back home.