Read this brilliant article in Wired: 1687: Isaac Newton The universe has one absolute clock: • Time and space are independant of the observer. • Time’s arrow points forward; events move ahead from the now. 1905: Albert Einstein every observer has his…

Two very different Post Apocalyptic films are a part of my top 10 science fiction movies of all times. Both very different in nature, treatment and a view of how the world will be in the not so distant future. One is…

Guess what is the latest in mountain fashion this year? Tin Foil. Annova reports that: Swiss authorities are planning to wrap mountain glaciers with tin foil this summer in an effort to stop them melting. Carlo Danioth, head of mountain rescue services…

Last week while we were getting into the studio- someone called up and asked if we felt the earthquake. the answer was no!. Not even a tremor. Having said that, we were driving in to the studio. The roads in Mumbai have…

Today’s Guardian ran a very good piece on a moral quandry. Doctors in Britain have applied for permission to carry out experiments, that will produce babies with 3 biological parents. The first is the father/sperm. The second and third are mothers/eggs. The…

Yes says the CNN: An unexplained radio signal from deep space could — just might be — contact from an alien civilization, New Scientist magazine reported on Thursday. The signal, coming from a point between the Pisces and Aries constellations, has been…

While Cigarette smoking can cause cancer and a host of other assorted respiratory/circulatory ailments, it seems that Nicotine – the compund that hooks you to the cancer stick, – has beneficial effects. It wards off the onset of a host of mental…

A new Toyota that can feel is here. Reports the New York Times: Four inventors working for Toyota in Japan have won a patent for a car that they say can help drivers communicate better by glaring angrily at another car cutting…