SCIENCE REPORTER, January 2010

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PAINFUL POLIO
P. CHEENA CHAWLA
Complete immunization is the key to
ousting the deadly polio virus
Contents
COVER STORY
UNRAVELLING THE HUMAN GENOME:
AN INDIAN BREAKTHROUGH
SUKANYA DATTA
Indian scientists have for the first time succeeded in sequencing the genome
of an Indian human being ................................................................................................
VOL. 47 NO. 1 JANUARY 2010 ISSN 0036-8512
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION RESOURCES (NISCAIR)
COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (CSIR)
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ARTICLES
DEPARTMENTS
REACTIONS .................... 6
EDITORIAL .................... 7
SPECTRUM .................. 16
CARTOONS .................. 26
POINT COUNTERPOINT .......... 40
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ..... 43
PUZZLE CORNER .................. 50
LIVING FOSSILS .................. 54
NATURAL HAZARDS ............... 56
FUN QUIZ .................. 58
WHATS NEW .................. 60
CROSSWORD .................. 62
SCIENCE FICTION
THE LOST
RACE
MANSI KWATRA
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COMMUNICATING
SCIENCE THROUGH
SCIENCE BLOGS
ARVIND MISHRA
A new era in science communication
has begun through the creation of
science blogs
LOOK OUT FOR THE
ANNULAR SOLAR
ECLIPSE
SHISHIR DESHMUKH
The annular solar eclipse on 15 January
2010 will be the biggest eclipse
of its kind in this century
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SHORT FEATURE
IMAGINARY
PLAYMATES
A CHILDS
MIND GAME
NISHA SHEELAJ
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
SHIVANI JADEJA
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