Archive for September, 2008

Plants In Forest Create Their Own Aspirin!

Friday, September 26th, 2008

I was pretty surprised when I read this, “Plants In Forest Emit Aspirin Chemical To Deal With Stress; Discovery May Help Agriculture” Like us, they don’t have to rush to a chemist’s shop and then swallow those pills.
Unlike humans, who are advised to take aspirin as a fever suppressant, plants have the ability to produce [...]

News Channels Being Stupid?

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

This guy/ Guys/ gal/gals is /are simply amazing. I admire the way he/she/they really makes/make an effort to write and before writing, does/do some actual research. After reading his/her/their post, it seems that news channels are still living in some fools paradise. They still have to feel the impact of internet how they can’t fool [...]

Cold and Lonely: Does Social Exclusion Literally Feel Cold?

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

I come across this interesting article. Here the Psychologists (Chen-Bo Zhong and Geoffrey Leonardelli from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management) arrive on the conclusion that social isolation really make you feel that room is colder than actually it is!
They divided a group of volunteers into two. One group is asked to recall [...]

Delhi Bomb Blasts and Ramp Modeling

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

Source: Star News

Serial bomb blasts were happening in Delhi. People were looking for their near and dear ones. Mobiles were jammed and it was difficult talking to anyone. Doctors of Lady Harding Medical College were making appeal to general public to come forward and donate blood for Delhi bomb victims. Common people were trying to [...]

Serial Blasts in Delhi

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Today I was just planning to go to Karol Bagh to purchase a bicycle. But somehow my plan got altered and I returned back from Friends colony only. While I was returning home, the driver received a call from his anxious wife if he is still in Delhi ? He broke the news to me [...]

Rain Water Harvesting

Friday, September 12th, 2008

I wish to thank Destination Infinity for this post. I find his blog post quite interesting and practical.
Every year Mumbai rains make news and for all the wrong reasons. When I keep on watching images of Mumbai flooded with rain I wonder why such an abundance and why an equal amount of waste? Of course, [...]

CERN Black hole!

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

I found this “The CERN black hole” video on youtube. This video has received around 6500 comments and more than 1,600,000 views:-)

CERN search to solve Big Bang mystery!

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

Largest particle collider conducts successful test!
GENEVA (AP) — The world’s largest particle collider successfully completed its first major test by firing a beam of protons around a 17-mile underground ring Wednesday in what scientists hope is the next great step to understanding the makeup of the universe.
After a series of trial runs, two white dots [...]

Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

I was reading a paper published by Anat Keinan who is an assistant professor in the Marketing unit at Harvard Business School. I find the following results interesting:
Good news for makers of $20,000 watches and other luxury goods and services. Recent
research from Harvard Business School professor [...]

Video of the Song

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Can anyone tell me, where can I get the video of this beautiful song, “Khamosh sa afsana”?