A greenery mapping is being carried out to ensure that 33 per cent of the city gets green cover by the year 2020, Vanitha Mohan, Managing Trustee, Siruthuli said here on Thursday.
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Posted by Jenni (#1) 174 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)Wild elephant population stable in Kerala: census
Posted by Jenni (#1) 195 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
The wild elephant population in the Kerala forests has remained stable and healthy between 2007 and 2010, according the 2010 wild elephant census results received by the Forest Department this week.
Patterns of new DNA letter in brain suggest distinct function
Posted by Jenni (#1) 198 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
In 2009, the DNA alphabet expanded. Scientists discovered that an extra letter or sixth nucleotide was surprisingly abundant in DNA from stem cells and brain cells.
From tropics to poles Study reveals diversity of life in soils
Posted by Jenni (#1) 198 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
Microscopic animals that live in soils are as diverse in the tropical forests of Costa Rica as they are in the arid grasslands of Kenya, or the tundra and boreal forests of Alaska and Sweden.
Butterfly survey records 140 species
Posted by Jenni (#1) 199 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
A recent butterfly survey in the North Wayanad Forest Division organised jointly by the Ferns Naturalists Society, an environment organisation, and the Forest and Wildlife Department reported the sighting of 140 species, including 17 which had not been hitherto reported in the region.
Astronomers pin down galaxy collision rate with Hubble data
Posted by Jenni (#1) 201 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
A new analysis of Hubble surveys, combined with simulations of galaxy interactions, reveals that the merger rate of galaxies over the last 8 billion to 9 billion years falls between the previous estimates.
The ability to dream is a fascinating aspect of the human mind. However, how the images and emotions that we experience so intensively when we dream form in our heads remains a mystery. Up to now it has not been possible to measure dream content.
People learn while they sleep, study suggests
Posted by Jenni (#1) 232 days ago (http://www.sciencedaily.com)
People may be learning while they're sleeping -- an unconscious form of memory that is still not well understood, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers.