Posts Tagged ‘Science’

IT seems that we have more in common with our distant reptilian relatives/ancestors than I thought. This from Discovery:
Dinosaurs probably did not enjoy many carefree teenage years, since most were parents before they reached adulthood, according to recently announced research.The find puts dinosaurs on the list of animals that had teenage pregnancies. Others on the [...]

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James Watson seems to have been infected with the Prince Phillip Syndrome – this is a syndrome when otherwise intelligent men open their mouth in public and plunge head long into it…..
It is also sad to see once brilliant men, instead of evolving with society and new thoughts — remaining fossilzed in the past especially [...]

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… not quite like walking like an Egyptian but close.
I used to wonder how my mother used to unerringly find out that any one in the family had been out drinking. After all none of us reached home reeking of the stuff. She used the same tactics to sniff out cigarettes hidden away. One can [...]

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A pic from Mars, with a high res camera ……
Space the final frontier …….

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…seems to have taken on a new meaning. The Guardian reports:
British scientists are seeking permission to create hybrid embryos in the lab by fusing human cells with rabbit eggs. If granted consent, the team will use the embryos to produce stem cells that carry genetic defects, in the hope that studying them will help understand [...]

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If you thought it was just in Hindi films that the hero sang out to the heroine when he was trying to woo her, think again.
Male mice sing to female mice when they come across atractive female mice
within seconds of encountering the scent of female mouse urine, the males broke into ultrasonic song. [...]

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… right up there with the other great mysteries that include why God(dess) decided to create the universe (she was having a bad day ; to what happens to the other sock (the one that never came back from the washing machine); to why does your sambhar never taste like the one [...]

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…. there are Martians high above our skies – just beyond the sight of our satellites – who are using lasers to melt our icecaps.
Of course, there is no such thing as Global Warming, it is a figment of imagination of those who are jealous of development and conspicious consumption. On the other hand, [...]

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The Day has arrived. And after an extensive search through Indian blogdom – this week’s Bharateeya Blog Mela is finally in place. Thank you for all those who nominated. And as usual, this task would have been chaotic without Bloglines.
Announcements
JK at Varnam announces the setting up of the new History Blog – The [...]

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Of all the fascinating things in the history of science, probably the most fascinating was alchemy.
Through the ages, scientists of all types tried their hand at converting lead to gold. In hindsight it may look like a foolish endeavour. but, hindsight is always 20-20.
in the process of trying to convert lead to gold – a [...]

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