Rupesh Paudyal

76 posts

Sep 27, 2019
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Jamara: science of growing barley grass central to Dashain, the main Hindu festival

Dashain or Bijaya Dashami, the main festival in the Hindu calendar, is fast approaching. On this occasion, elders give blessings...
Sep 20, 2019
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Climate Strikes: Scientists want you to join civil disobedience movements

Breakdown in the climate and global heating is amongst the most discussed topic by the public and the media. The...
Sep 01, 2019
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Relocating agriculture can offset increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide for half-century

Land. It’s where we’re born, where we work and built houses, roads and railways. The land is where we live...
Jul 11, 2019
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Bhutan can grow quinoa

Nearly two-thirds Bhutanese engage in subsistence agriculture to meet their household food security, but it’s still not enough to feed...
May 19, 2019
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Fascination of Plants Day at TalkPlant

18 May 2019. The fifth international “ Fascination of Plants Day ”, a global event, under the umbrella of the European Plant Science...
May 15, 2019
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Organic farming cannot feed the world

Agriculture helped to build our civilisation; now it threatens to lead the charge to our downfall. Our agriculture system keeps...
Apr 22, 2019
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Landslides damaged Nepal hydropower plants, not 2015 earthquake

Countries across the world have built their economies on energy use. But economic growth on non-renewable sources isn’t sustainable. Moreover,...
Apr 16, 2019
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Virology: science and medicine discipline emerged from plant science

Plant science is vital for our food security and in our fight against climate change. What’s less recognised is that...
Apr 01, 2019
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Genetic engineering can improve agrobiodiversity

Preserving biodiversity is vital to maintain our ecosystems and keep the climate in balance. When it comes to biodiversity, we...
Mar 24, 2019
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Regulating plant gene produces chemicals that repel plant pathogens

Plants fix carbon through photosynthesis, but they release chemicals into the soil that contain one-fifth of the carbon they make....