What is a Kangaroo Rat?
It looks like a small kangaroo for its hind legs are longer than its fore legs. And it uses its tail to balance itself. In fact, …
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Ajay Dasgupta
All features, stories and articles authored by: Ajay Dasgupta
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Little Blue Daisies
Little blue daisies in my flowerbed First came the ladybird red red red Fly away ladybird said the daisy blue Poor little …
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What is Geothermal Energy?
In winter, all of us warm water in the geysers in the bathroom for bathing. Nature too has geysers which throw up a huge amount …
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How can We Use Water to run Cars?
Huge amounts of polluting gases are being released into the earth’s atmosphere by the large scale burning of fossil fuels …
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Who stole the Candle Wax?
On every Diwali, known as the festival of lights, our family has a big discussion on the kind of lighting we should have. And …
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What is the Software for Life?
We all use computers. If you use Windows on your machine, like me, you will have a small button at the the bottom of your screen …
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What is an ISBN number?
There are hundreds of thousands of publishers across the world, and millions of books get printed every year. Moreover, a book …
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Tiger Move
Santhals are a tribe found in rural Orissa and West Bengal. They believe that every individual born on earth comes destined to die …
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What is Ribotyping?
Consider this, in a murder case, the culprit has left no clues. There are no fingerprints or eye witnesses. A perfect crime, you …
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Dealing With the Potential Danger of a Meteor Hitting Earth
Our solar system is like a busy traffic round-about. The sun is at the centre of this round-about which drives a large number of …
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Man's Best Friend
Who is man’s best friend? Of course there are no points for guessing that one – the dog. The dog is the most popular …
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Marine Militants: Bioinvasion propagated through Cargo Ships
What would happen if all the lions in Africa are carried away to some other place? The deer population will rise as there will not …
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