Global warming is gravely threatening Asia’s food staple. But, the scientists seem to lose no hope or effort to challenge the devastating phenomenon. To combat it, they are developing new flood and drought-prone rice varieties. Yes, you read...

Around 50,000 Third World children each year go blind because of the lack of Vitamin A in their diet. But the remedy for this has been found by the British scientists. They have developed a new breed of genetically modified rice, which has a...