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Are social skills in danger, in a hyper-connected world? Robin Dunbar offers some answers

India, March 13 -- We are in contact with more people today - conducting more social interactions and processing more information, on average - than would have been thought possible, through most of h... Read More


Zoom, masks, quarantinis: The pandemic-era glossary

India, March 8 -- Some terms won't seem to go away; others have had their meanings forever altered. Zoom, for instance, will never be just about movement again. What other words came to describe or ty... Read More


Name, place, animals and trees

India, Feb. 23 -- When wildlife conservationist Vivek Menon took his copy of The Book of Indian Birds to its author, Salim Ali, for an autograph, Ali was thrilled to see how worn out it was. "He said ... Read More


Name, place, animals and trees

India, Feb. 23 -- When wildlife conservationist Vivek Menon took his copy of The Book of Indian Birds to its author, Salim Ali, for an autograph, Ali was thrilled to see how worn out it was. "He said ... Read More


These pocket field guides could come in handy on your next trip

India, Feb. 21 -- Know Your Weeds is a 15-page pocket guide book by Shruti Tharayil, the founder of Forgotten Greens, an initiative that works on reviving the fast-disappearing traditions of consuming... Read More


From civets to snow leopards: Check out Vivek Menon's field guide to Indian Mammals

India, Feb. 21 -- The fourth edition of Indian Mammals: A Field Guide (2023) marks 20 years since the first, and represents a quantum leap. Where the first listed about 422 species, the latest editio... Read More


Name, place, animals and trees: A guide to the new field guides of India

India, Feb. 21 -- When wildlife conservationist Vivek Menon took his copy of The Book of Indian Birds to its author, Salim Ali, for an autograph, Ali was thrilled to see how worn out it was. "He said ... Read More


Cloud atlas: Meet the met guy studying, and fretting over, how the Indian monsoon is changing

India, Feb. 14 -- Just as scientists around the world were beginning to understand the complex and mysterious Indian monsoon - one of the most powerful weather systems in the world - "we've been hit w... Read More