Bound volume for 1979, including articles on: Jan (Ajanta murals; world's worst weed; tornado-resistant buildings; rare earth metal; structured programming), Feb (coelacanths; modelling of the world; chemical communication in tiger; slags and fly ashes; versatile epoxy resins; Fraction I protein), Mar (Einstein; recombinant DNA; life on earth 200 million years ago; free energy concept in chemical reactions), Apr (protecting stone monuments; head injuries; oil-pollution of ocean; nuclear radiation in environment; solar radiation and crop-productivity), May (threatened plant species and conservation; gravitational waves; thermoplastic elastomers; transformation and transgenosis; autotrophic bacteria), Jun (disposal of radioactive waste; gasoline plantations; natural pigments as food colours; radioimmunoassay; counting numbers), Jul (green revolution in oceans; war on waste; xeroradiography; COBOL programming), Aug (stainless steel for surgical implants; ozone layer; bacteria use of sun for making food; inland fishes; ions), Sep (Jatinga bird, pneumatic structures; pi; respiratory complaints in hemp textile workers; potash potentials; aphids), Oct (regressive scientific research; microbial enzymes; atomic nucleus; railway; bioluminescence), Nov (blood; Dal lake; ribonucleic acids; carbon dioxide; earthquake-proof structures), Dec (automobiles and air pollution; laser sources; phytochrome plant pigment; immobilised enzymes to aid food industry)