Posted by: MI on: May 8, 2012
Natural disasters can occur at the least expected time wiping away entire cities and the lives of millions. The damage caused by these hazards is immeasurable, but a calculation of the financial toll of such disasters will give us an insight into the impact of such dangerous events. Let us have a look at some [...]
Posted by: MI on: April 15, 2012
Please click the link below to open a power point show. Gsm1
Posted by: MI on: March 29, 2012
Our attitude to wildlife conservation is flawed. We endorse a “not-in-my-backyard” conservation perspective, while simultaneously pushing for humans and wildlife to be neighbours without fences, writes Divya Vasudev Somewhere in the rice fields of the Assamese plains, a scream pierces the night. The scream merges into an inharmonious chorus and flames light up brighter than [...]
Posted by: MI on: March 27, 2012
Posted by: MI on: March 12, 2012
IMAG0038, a photo by ktrmurali on Flickr. God is just Above us..!!
Posted by: MI on: March 12, 2012
The overconfidence shown by Indian officials on nuclear safety is unfounded and alarming PRIME MINISTER Manmohan Singh’s seemingly unfounded allegations about the funding of the people’s movement against the Koodankulam nuclear plant has shifted attention away from the real issue: the huge divide between the government and the policy elite that seems to have decided [...]
Posted by: MI on: March 6, 2012
Ants are social insects. Many ant species go out of their nests in groups in search of food.Initially, a few worker ants, called scouts,go out of the nest in search of food. Once an abundant source of food is found by a scout ant,it returns to the nest with a sample of food.while returning to [...]
Posted by: MI on: March 6, 2012
Water stored in a mud pot remains cool because of a phenomenon called evaporative cooling. Mud pots by their very nature include a number of very minute pores through which water can slowly ooze out. In effect ,these pore increase the surface area of water and consequently increases evaporation. For water to evaporate it requires [...]
Posted by: MI on: February 4, 2012
With technology penetrating every part of our lives, we have learned to search for information on the internet. But could this practice be altering the way we store and process information? A new study has revealed findings that could just go to show that Google could be destroying our memories. Psychology professors from the Columbia [...]
