Agrotech
IIT Madras Director to Get Padma Shri "for Cow Urine Research"?
A political row has broken out in India over IIT Madras director V Kamakoti's nomination for the Padma Shri, centred on his past remarks on cow urine.
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Fisheries
Caribbean Coral Reefs Face Irreparable Damage
Caribbean coral reefs have suffered irreparable damage over four decades, with hard coral cover down by about 48 per cent since 1980, according to a new study.
Organic
Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Extinct Dire Wolf
Colossal Biosciences says it has revived the dire wolf, extinct for about 12,500 years, by editing 20 changes into 14 genes of grey wolf cells.
Environment
Will We Find Aliens Soon? What Space Scientists Say
Many scientists no longer ask whether there is life elsewhere in the universe but when it will be found, and some think it could happen within a few years.
Environment
When White Rats Become Pets
White albino rats, long kept as pets, are prized by researchers, and a science writer argues that Bangladesh should train people to farm them for research.
Bangladesh
Greatest Bengali of All Time: Jagadish Chandra Bose, Father of Science in the Subcontinent, Comes Seventh
Jagadish Chandra Bose, whose work spanned physics and plant science, came seventh in BBC Bangla's 2004 listeners' poll of the greatest Bengali of all time.