Made to Order
December 9: We’ve heard of gene therapy for humans. But for seeds? And yet, this is exactly what seeds in India will be …
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Bead Calculator
November 18: Quick! Tell me what you get when you divide the number 992.587318, by 5,647.723? Stumped? Need a calculator? Well, …
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The Big Meltdown
September 23: Earth is the only planet with an atmosphere congenial to life forms as we know of. If a blanket of air didn’t …
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The Grand Head Hunt
November 18: Making a head count of the number of people in the most populous country in the world, is no easy task. The …
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High Performance, Low Pollution
With the number of vehicles and industries growing at an alarming rate in India, pollution levels are also shooting up. Most of us …
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Silence that Spoke of Protest
October 16: A few days ago, seven villages in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, wore a ghostly look for an entire day. Not one …
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Villagers go Online
October 28: The internet is quietly transforming the lives of over 20,000 people in six villages around the South Indian state of …
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Indian Children on US Mars Project
October 6: The planet Mars, or the ‘red-planet’ as it’s called, has fascinated people on earth for centuries. …
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The Olympic Gold Rush
September 30: At the Millennium Olympics in Sydney, Barbados, the tiny island nation in the Caribbean, has overtaken the United …
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No Dalmatians Please
Have you seen the movie ‘101 Dalmatians?’ Remember the cute cuddly spotted puppies scampering around and performing …
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Hanoi's Good Samaritan
Hanoi’s Good Samaritan [Illustration by Shiju George] November 4:The streets of cities in Vietnam teem with young boys who, …
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The Common Man's Film-maker
September 23: From the rollicking ‘Chupke Chupke’ and ‘Golmaal’ to the shades of jealousy in …
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