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| Zany fixes for global warming |
| T.V. Jayan on some geo-engineering plans proposed by scientists to counter climate change |
| Troubled by global warming? How about erecting a cosmic sunshade to divert some sunlight? Or you could think of cooling the climate by pumping a few million tonnes of sulphate aerosols into the upper atmosphere. Or perhaps let loose aluminium balloons filled with hydrogen gas. ... |
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| Speed up your browsing |
| BSNL’s Dataone is back to its old self. After a heady month of browsing at the speed of light, we are back to a slow, crawling pace. We were prom
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| Cannibal bug |
| Humankind may be able to enlist the services of a friendly bug in its fight against the ever-increasing army of drug-resistant bacteria. Researchers a
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| Your own medicine |
| Raj Kumar Ghosh, 53, a resident of Siuri, Bolpur, West Bengal, almost lost his eyesight. Doctors diagnosed it as a case of acute viral ulcer of both e
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| Polluted environs, toxic body |
 Human beings are made up of millions of cells arranged in a complex manner. Protoplasm (a thick, jelly-like fluid), the basis of all cells, in turn, is
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| Wiping away cultures |
What killed the Tangs, China’s most splendid imperial dynasty, a thousand years ago? How were the Mayans, the enigmatic central American civilisation, wiped away from the face of the earth? Ending years of debate on the issue, experts said last m
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Why Corner |
| Why do some people nauseate while travelling? |
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