The
insects are crucial pollinators for many plants—including orchids—and food for
a range of species. PUBLISHED The mosquito—tiny, frail, eminently squishable,
and yet capable of such destruction. In the wake of a rapidly expanding Zika
virus epidemic, many have talked of declaring war on the in...
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Recreation of Ram Sethu on a map
fuels a never-ending controversy
On
Thursday, the Supreme Court turned down a request by Bharatiya Janata Party leader
Subramanian Swamy seeking an urgent hearing to verify if a Cabinet decision had
been taken to “not touch” the …
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A
secret visit to Bletchley Park 75 years ago gave birth to an alliance between
two British and US intelligence agencies which continues today. It was late on
8 February 1941 when four Americans arrived at Bletchley Park. Black-out
curtains made the mansion appear even darker. The journey of the ...
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PS
It was in the early 1960s at the Colombo Medical Faculty the I heard that ' A tom cat was the only ball-bearing type of rat trap, available in the market'.
Researchers
have discovered some rather special properties in the natural food additive,
annatto: properties that can block the development of certain skin cancer cells
in mice. It would appear that …
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