` SCIENCE REPORTER

ISSN: 0036-8512

VOLUME 47 NUMBER 1 JANUARY 2010

CONTENTS

COVER STORY
UNRAVELLING THE HUMAN GENOME: AN INDIAN BREAKTHROUGH SUKANYA DATTA	8
FEATURE ARTICLES PAINFUL POLIO P. CHEENA CHAWLA	19
COMMUNICATING SCIENCE THROUGH SCIENCE BLOGS ARVIND MISHRA	29
LOOK OUT FOR THE ANNULAR SOLAR ECLIPSE SHISHIR DESHMUKH	46
SHORT FEATURE IMAGINARY –PLAYMATES NISHA SHEELAJ	52
Ecosystem Services SHIVANI JADEJA	45
FICTION THE LOST RACE MANSI KWATRA	36
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
WHAT’S NEW	60
CROSSWORD	62