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2010 saw both highs and lows on science front

Controversy was the flavour of the year for science as top academies got the flak in the heated debate on commercialising genetically-modified crops and mishandling of radiation sources by universities that resulted in the death of a person in the capital. The year gone by also saw the country’s atomic power plants generating more electricity …

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Can apps help us follow New Year resolutions?

Today there is an app for almost everything, from losing weight to finding a job. Can any of them help us keep our New Year’s resolutions? Yes and no, says Ananda Mitra, professor of communication at Wake Forest and the author of ‘Alien Technology’ and several other books on digital media. He says an app …