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Bonny babies: big but blemished
Though genetic predisposition is an important factor, the intrauterine environment plays a critical role in determining the risk of diabetes in adult life.
In defence of human reproductive cloning
CLONING IS a much-maligned topic even amongst the educated, the elite and the intelligentsia. Most of the opposition stems from unfounded fear and misplaced moral and ethical indignation. Few people understand the dire medical need for cloning ...
Mobile phone use increases tumour risk
TEN OR more years of mobile phone use increased the risk of acoustic neuroma and the risk increase was confined to the side of the head where the phone was usually held. This was the finding of a study from the Institute of Environmental Medicine ...
Speaking Of Science

Changes in the Indian menu over the ages
IT WAS two years ago that we lost the eminent food scientist Dr. K.T. Achaya. His books — Indian Food, A Historical Companion, The Food Industries of British India, and A Historical Dictionary of Indian Food (all ...

Agriculture

Button shedding in coconut
SHEDDING OF buttons in high numbers is a serious infestation of coconut. Deficient pollination due to low population of pollinating insects, unfavourable conditions such as drought and water logging, nutritional deficiencies and incidence of ...
Biofertilizer for crop-growth
Phosphorus deficiency in soils is met by the addition of phosphatic fertilizer.
FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
High yielding dwarf hybrids of arecanut
IDENTIFICATION OF hybrids with dwarfness and high yielding potential will benefit areca (Areca catechu) by way of increased returns and reduced cost of various cultural operations. "The breeding programme at the Central Plantation Crops ...
Earthworm propagation
ANSWER: You may contact Dr Sultan Ahmed Ismail, No 98 Baaz Nagar, no 3/621 East Coast Road, Palavakkam,Chennai 600041, Mobile 34498538, mail sultan_ismail@vsnl.com for ...
Edible mushrooms
ANSWER: You may contact the Dean, College of Horticulture and Research Institute (HC&RI), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore 641003, Phone 0422-5511352, and 5511353 for more ...

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