If we look around, we will realize that electricity is one of the most heavily consumed resources. In fact, today we are in a world where we cannot imagine a day without electricity. All our day-to-day appliances, industrial units, medical instruments and so on are dependent on electricity. For a country with a population like…
So much has been written about Bharat Ratna Prof C.N.R Rao. Such is the grandeur of the legend, the champion of science – the name tells it all. No matter who you are, a researcher or not, an ardent follower of science or just an unbothered soul wondering what all that is about, you just…
(My Rating : 4.5/5) (The letter was written by Leo Tolstoy in 1908 and in response to a letter sent to him by Tarak Nath Das, the editor of an Indian newspaper ‘Free Hindustan’. In this letter, Tolstoy postulated that only through love and non-violence can Indian people free themselves from English rule. The letter…
A group, led by the planetary scientist Tilman Spohn at the German Aerospace Center’s Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, has suggested that biological activity has strongly influenced the formation of continents. Models suggest that without life, continents would cover only about 5% of the Earth’s surface as against the nearly 30% that we see…
Questions – “Why do we need Education?” ,“What is the purpose of Education?” and “Why one has to go to school, college and study?” When you ask these questions to anyone out there, the answers are spontaneous. 1. “I want to become a successful Doctor, Engineer, IAS officer, etc…” 2. “I want to become rich…
Yet again Mercedes sends a strong reminder to its rivals that there is nothing better than the S-Class by launching its S-Class variant S500. All new S-Class comes with robust 4.6 litre, V-8 twin-turbo engine with massive 460PS power and 700N-m torque. The car has the most sophisticated instrumental panel, neatly nested into the central…
This month, we bring to you a rather interesting article on how bacteria moved continents, suggesting that without life – as Aditya argues – continents would cover only about 5% of the Earth’s surface as against the nearly 30% that we see today. Roodra passionately reports on the recent talks by Bharat Ratna Prof C N R Rao and the Nobel Laureate Prof Kurt Wurthrich in the campus. While Prof Rao quipped how creating new ideas are the only sure path to immortality, Prof Wurthrich insisted that researchers must go for the “big fish”, settling for nothing less. ………………..Continue reading
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