40 wetlands fight for survival as development spells doom

	40 wetlands fight for survival as development spells doom CHENNAI: Pallikaranai. The name brings to mind a picture of an abused wetland. But, more than 40 other pieces of wetland in the city and several species of flora and fauna dependent on them have been craving attention. Greater Chennai is home to 474 ...
	KU observes International day for biological diversity SRINAGAR, Kashmir -- On the occasion of the International day for Biological diversity, the Department of Botany, University of Kashmir organized a one-day seminar with the theme 'Water and Biodiversity' during which a poster exhibition and debating ...
	NASA to fund world's first 3D food printer NASA has announced it is to fund construction of the world's first ever 3D food printer. The American space company has given a $125,000 grant to mechanical engineer Anjan Contractor, who has already designed the machine. And the space agency hopes ...
	Jupiter, Venus and Mercury prepare for 'Dance of the Planets' There is to be a rare celestial choreography in the night sky from May 24 until the end of the month involving three of Earth's neighbours in the Solar System. Mercury, Jupiter and Venus will all be aligned in the same field of vision, each seeming to spin and ...
	Miami man catches Florida's longest ever Burmese python A Miami man driving along a rural Florida road spotted, captured and killed the largest-ever Burmese python ever recorded in the state's history, officials say. burmesepython. Jason Leon, left, of Miami, holds up the Burmese python that Florida officials say he ...
	T. Rex's Smaller Cousin Ate Like a Falcon, Study Finds A smaller cousin of the Tyrannosaurus rex, called Allosaurus, may have fed on its prey in a fashion similar to modern-day falcons, a new study finds. Researchers at Ohio University in Athens found that while a T. rex whips its head from side to side to gorge on ...
	Mars rover Opportunity examines rock altered by water NASA's Mars rover, Opportunity, has finished examining a fractured rock on the red planet intensely altered by water, providing evidence about a wet ancient environment possibly favourable for life. Opportunity is now driving to a new study area after a ...
	Abrupt climate shifts spurred Stone Age innovation in Africa A rapid shift in climate that brought wetter and warmer conditions in southern Africa during the Middle Stone Age helped propel innovation and cultural advances in early man, a study has found. Paleontologists have long known that anatomically modern ...
	New Printable Graphene Ink Made Possible By Exfoliation Forget about that chest wax thing you've been thinking about, when it comes to exfoliation a team of researchers at Northwestern Engineering has everybody beat. The team has figured out a way to peel a layer of graphene, the “miracle material of the new ...
	Huge asteroid to fly past Earth: What would happen if asteroid hits earth? Huge asteroid is all set to fly past Earth on May 31. What would happen if an asteroid actually hits earth? On February 15th , the Russians got a preview of the events that would take place following a meteor attack. Thousands of people of Chelyabinsk in ...