Demographic crisis, robotic cure? Service robots are the in thing today in Japan,
owing to the countrys deep-seated aversion to
immigration, its chronic shortage of affordable
day care and Japanese women's increasing
rejection of motherhood.
Standing tall & alert! The Deep Space Network set up near Bangalore is readying itself for the much awaited moon mission in April. Deep space tracking will be initiated this week, signalling readiness of the network.
Jayalakshmi K reports.
Wandering out of the wild One of the major threats facing elephants is the shrinking and fragmentation of their habitat. With encroachments on forest lands on the rise, the country has been witnessing elephant-human clashes. Reports of pachyderms dying of bullet shots, electric shock and speeding trains have become commonplace. Jayalakshmi K reports.
From refuse to resource Waste management has typically been a high-volume, low-margin business where the commodity
in question - garbage - was seen as having little added value. Not anymore.
Sci-Snippets A Mysore University scientist now claims penicillium may be good for plants as well.
There is a proposal to set up a commission for reorganisation of states. Is it desirable to have smaller states? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to comment on the topic. While some of the readers believe that it is good to have smaller states as it would help the government machinery to function effectively, others opine that the division of states would affect the already diminishing national unity and could only add troubles to the country.
