SCIENCE REPORTER

ISSN: 0036-8512

VOLUME 47 NUMBER 4 April 2010

CONTENTS

COVER STORY
Airports at Risk! M.S.S. MURTHY	8
FEATURE ARTICLES Fly Attacks! AMANDEEP SINGH & DEVINDER SINGH	19
Spewing Venom! SAGARIKA CHAUDHURI	28
Unending Journey of Pi RAMDAS IYER & BHARAT BHUSHAN SRIVASTAVA	40
SHORT FEATURES Strange World of Parasites G.S. UNNIKRISHNAN NAIR	14
Biocolours—Safe Food Colours S. SRIVASTAVA & BANGALI BABOO	45
SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY—THE ART OF NATURE KULAMANI PARIDA	47
FICTION Host Soumya Sucharit Das	36
DEPARTMENTS
REACTIONS	6
EDITORIAL	7
SPECTRUM	16
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE	24
CARTOONS	42
PUZZLE CORNER	50
BIOPROFILE: Memory Enhancer	53
LIVING FOSSILS	55
NATURAL HAZARDS	56
FUN QUIZ	58
WHAT’S NEW	60
CROSSWORD	62