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Metro morphosis: Is the subway station the new frontier of architecture?

India, March 28 -- In Naples, Dante and two active volcanoes form the inspiration for a subway stop designed by Anish Kapoor. In Paris, an inverted skyscraper lets playful natural light dance all the... Read More


One in a melon

India, March 15 -- How does a person dedicate 48 years of their life to. gourds - is a question Narinder Pal Singh Dhillon doesn't believe you should be asking. A plant breeder, commercial farmer and ... Read More


One in a melon: A plant breeder's 48-year love affair with gourds

India, March 14 -- How does a person dedicate 48 years of their life to. gourds - is a question Narinder Pal Singh Dhillon doesn't believe you should be asking. A plant breeder, commercial farmer and... Read More


The woods are lovely...

India, March 1 -- High in the forest canopy, long before we built cities or roads, life clung to branches.Our ancestors ate mangosteens and black junipers, and dug up tubers and roots. On an ill-fated... Read More


The woods are lovely... and we now know more about why

India, Feb. 28 -- High in the forest canopy, long before we built cities or roads, life clung to branches.Our ancestors ate mangosteens and black junipers, crunched on nuts, and dug up tubers and root... Read More


Smitten with the kitten

India, Feb. 15 -- Deep in the marshes of the Nile, a tawny cat leaps into the air, batting birds away. Nearby, also swatting birds away, is Nebamun, a powerful scribe in the golden era of Ancient Egyp... Read More


Brave mew world: Cats in videogames

India, Feb. 15 -- Cats are famously impossible to control on movie sets, yet filmmakers continue to cast them. They add something to a scene that a dog simply cannot, directors say: an element of intr... Read More


Brave mew world: Be the cat, in videogames

India, Feb. 13 -- Cats are famously impossible to control on movie sets, yet filmmakers continue to cast them. They add something to a scene that a dog simply cannot, directors say: an element of intr... Read More


Clone rangers: Meet the two Indians behind the world's first self-cloning rice

India, Jan. 10 -- It is one of mankind's oldest questions: How can we grow enough food? Indian-American plant biologists Venkatesan Sundaresan, 73, and Imtiyaz Khanday, 40, weren't even looking to an... Read More


Haul of fame: Could your home hold an artefact of national importance?

India, Jan. 3 -- How does one protect and preserve heritage, in a country where the local temple idol likely predates Ancient Rome, churches still stand that are older than the United States, and peop... Read More