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| The
master of disguise |
| What makes
flu such a deadly virus? Prasun Chaudhuri investigates |
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that India has been spared the initial wrath of the avian
flu virus, you may breathe a sigh of relief. Chicken is
back on the dinner plate and stories on bird flu have
been relegated to the inside pages of newspapers. But
seasoned microbiologists have little to rejoice about,
for they know that the threat of avian flu is here to
stay. The virus, H5N1, has already shown that it can be
deadly to people who come into direct contact with infected
birds or eat uncooked poultry. The worst fear is that
the virus will soon begin to swap genes with its human
counterpart and turn itself into a more lethal form, transmissible
from human to human, triggering a once-in-a-century catastrophe.
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| A
water filter with a difference |
| When
Bhupinder Walia wanted to provide clean drinking
water to his staff at a remote village in Himachal
Pradesh, he turned to the National Chemical ... |
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| Need
to nurture nature |
| Human
activities bring about a profound change in the
environment. A dramatic change has been has been
seen due to alterations made in the earth’
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| Test
drive IE version 7 |
Vendors tend to push the cheaper cracked version
of Windows, but then you are unlikely to ever get
a problem free computer ... | Read..
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| QED: NUCLEAR NECESSITY
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THE INDO-US NUCLEAR DEAL will help India accelerate its pace of expanding installed nuclear capacity. If all goes according to plan, India might soon be able to import nuclear fuel and even reactors. More significantly, however, the deal allows India
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| Recommended:
A funny look at a bizarre quest
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The
men who stare at goats
Jon Ronson
Simon & Schuster; $ 24... | Read.. |
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Every sixth person who dies in this world is an Indian.
So India is the best laboratory for anyone seeking the
causes of human death. Little surprise, then, that a study
of the causes of human deaths over 16 years from 1998
to 2014 is looking at a mi ... | 
