The Periodic Table
As a student, Chemistry was not my favourite subject – I scored 98% in my 12th Standard exam (school leaving exam) but that was thanks to a great teacher I…
Science
A brief history of gravity by Dr Satish Kumar Saravanan
Today, VarahaMihira Science Forum had organised a talk at Tamil Virtual Academy, Chennai titled “A brief history of gravity”, delivered by Dr Satish Kumar Saravanan, Riemann Fellow of Riemann Center…
The Theory of Everything (2014)
There are few living scientists today who are known outside their field of work, well recognized throughout the world and are an inspiration to students to take to science. That…
Hanuman by Shraddha
Shraddha, the Tamil theatre group have been running their new play “Hanuman” for last few days. Today was the last day in Narada Gana Sabha, Alwarpet and I didn’t miss…
Little known life forms
Last week “The Economist” in its Intelligent life feature carried an interesting article titled “Some like it very hot”. It talks about extremophiles. Wikipedia defines them as “organism that thrives…
Placebo is better than Drugs?
On June 15th, 2011 issue of Bhavan’s Journal I read this article “Placebo is better than Drugs” by Dr B.M.Hegde. The first thing I had to do was to do…
Research positions at Mile Lab, IISc, Bangalore
Today Prof.A.G. Ramakrishnan from IISc, Bangalore posted an announcement in INFITT discussion group announcing openings for BE Graduates for Research Positions at Mile Lab, IISc, Bangalore. This caught my eye…
Indian Tricolour Placed on the Moon
Yesterday was a proud moment for all Indians. It was the placing of the Indian tricolour on the Moon’s surface on Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s birthday. The Indian flag was painted…