DrPrem Jagyasi

In the effort to extract alternative energy, termite guts and canvas-eating jungle bugs seem no less in their contribution. They could be the key to kicking the oil habit and achieving energy independence. Scientists working on creating ethanol from…

It is by 2015, we would witness an unnerverving global phenomenon. Yes, the world will have 100 million extra hungry people in less than 10 years to go! Scientists say. It was at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Scie

Call it an after-effect of indiscriminate deforestation? After the side of a mountain collapsed and buried their village mercilessly, hundreds of Filipinos are feared to have died. Though nineteen people are known to have been killed and 83 found…

The U.S. government has approved a biotech alfalfa that — according to critics — will spell havoc for farmers and the environment. A coalition of farmers, consumers and environmental activists Thursday sued the government for the approval.

The…

From the upcoming March issue of Discover:
New research has uncovered that viruses are actually the ancestors of all living things..

It may also be known that Bacteriologist Bernard La Scola first identified Mimivirus, the largest known virus, in…

If you find no signs of the big cats, even after 24 hours of patrolling, it is not because of the stealth with which tigers creep through the mottled forest – but, because India’s tigers are vanishing.

It is contemplated that as many as 100,000 tigers..

The Aral Sea: It was once the fourth largest lake on Earth. But, over the past few decades, the sea has shrunk dramatically as the primary rivers that fed the Sea have been diverted and tapped nearly dry for cotton farming and other agriculture.

The..

The U.N. climate change bureau said on Tuesday, industrialized nations can reach 2012 United Nations goals to reduce green house gas emissions if they take tougher measures.

“Industrialized countries that have ratified the … Kyoto Protocol can…

Disposable diapers, or “nappies,” are swamping landfill sites in Britain. Local officials across Britain are offering incentives to parents who stop using these disposables. Including paying parents up to $140 (80 pounds) for swapping disposable…