A mission to rescue workers from a coal mine, at Visoko, about 20 miles northwest of Sarajevo, has unearthed what could possibly be the first known pyramid in Europe. Team leader Semir Osmanagic, a Bosnian archaeologist who studied the pyramids of Latin America for 15 years, believes that what has been uncovered is an ancient […]
The recent "flamingo watch" in Mumbai attracted a large crowd
It was a sea of pink! Thousands of flamingos — those dainty, stork-like birds, with long legs, pink feathers and a distinctive crooked beak — were quietly sifting through the muddy waters of a creek in Mumbai. They were a strange sight, against the backdrop of the oil refineries on the far side. From a […]
Robots are steadily moving from the realm of fiction to fact.
Japan’s Honda motor company has taken its humanoid ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative MObility) on a global tour, climbing stairs, dancing, shaking the hand of world leaders and delighting kids in dozens of countries including India. And competitor Toyota has created three different types of `partner’ robots, aimed at making life easy for humans: a […]
Mummies are not about screams and horror
When we think of mummies we imagine ghosts that come out of the dead wrapped in white bandages. But this is pure Hollywood. Mummies are not about screams and horror. They are actually about science and knowledge. Mummies have taught us about the human body. The study of a group of them revealed that an […]
Where is the need to study Gandhi now?
"Why should I study Gandhi?" a college student asked recently. I blinked. Not because I did not know the answer but because the answer was obvious. The irony is that Bill Clinton, who was the President of the U.S. wanted to study the philosophy of the Mahatma, and students in Germany named their new school […]
Have tea with the orang-utan or watch the monkeys being fed!
When my brother visited Singapore last month he was very much impressed with the Singapore Zoo.he had taken lots of snap shots of the zoo and told me a lot about it. The Singapore Zoo is considered to be the best in the world. It employs the use of moats and rock walls as natural […]