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The real utility of Moral ethics is for the times when one faces choices that are repugnant. In normal times, there is not much morality to exercise. Western moral constructs need crutches of theories and pre-determined ideas to make decisions when situations are not straight-forward. Morality, therefore, depends on edicts
Plastics are messing up the planet. Our seas, oceans, rivers, soil, animals – everyone is being harmed and killed slowly. Why? Because this substance does not degrade at all! Plastics are messing up the planet. Now, an IIT-Madras team has created a way to degrade the plastic in an eco-friendly way.
Opioid use disorder (OUD) is now a national crisis in the US. Actually, the way it is growing and the almost natural progression the process has from medical dependence to non-medical addiction, it is taking on the shape of an epidemic! Luckily, it is becoming easier for those suffering from
IN the aftermath of the broken communication with Vikram, the lander from Chandrayaan-2, one of the scientists, Deviprasad Karnik (Director of Public Relations) came out to inform everyone of the situation. Despite his sham apology and the closing of ranks by the other NDTV journalists, @pallavabagla is a lout and
How do bacteria get transmitted? This is an important question for handling large ecological and epidemiological situations around the world. A team has found out that bacteria may be able to travel thousands of miles by air – across oceans even. A new study shows that bacteria at high temperature may
Time travel or going into past or future has been the dream of many. Russian and American scientists may have been able to do what was only in the realm of fiction. > Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology teamed up with colleagues from the U.S. and
India’s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan will go down in the history of space journeys as the most daring, innovative and mind-boggling undertaking. After Roscosmos [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscosmos], NASA [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA], and the European Space Agency [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
In 1989 I had gone to Keylong for a trek. We reached Manali, walked upto Rohtang and then descended on the other side to Keylong via Koksar. It was a memorable trip for me. Mobility in this highly sensitive and security wise critical region was very tough. India’s First
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) which has been doing some amazing work – from multiple satellites in space [https://www.theverge.com/2017/2/14/14601938/india-pslv-rocket-launch-satellites-planet-doves] to Mangalayan [https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-29341850] (Mars mission) to preparing for the Moon mission; is now opening up a Space Tech
Spanning some 120,000–180,000 light-years in diameter, the Milky Way galaxy is our cosmic home. Our planet and the Solar system are on the Orion Arm of the Milky Way, which is roughly 27,000 light-years away from the Galactic Center. During clear nights we can see a
Nobel Laureate Adam Riess of the Space Telescope Science Institute [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.332887,-76.622987&spn=0.01,0.01&q=39.332887,-76.622987 (Space%20Telescope%20Science%20Institute)&t=h] and Johns Hopkins University explained this year that our Universe was expanding at a
Advances in science spark competition between powers that are rivals. At least that is how the community sees it broadly. Oncologist Lu You and his team at the Sichuan University in Chengdu introduced gene edited cells on October 28, 2016 into a patient from West China Hospital with aggressive lung
The Indian space flight workhorse PSLV-C33 shot off on its 35th flight to launch India’s 7th navigational satellite – a 1425 kg IRNSS-1G satellite, part of the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). The launch was into a sub geosynchronous transfer orbit with a perigree (nearest point to earth) of
Total Solar Eclipse is occuring right now. It is visible in Asia for most part. It will go across 12 of 34 Indonesian provinces. It was first visible from Sumatra before being seen across Kalimantan and the islands of Sulawesi and northern Maluku. It will be total in Indonesia and
Either it is the sign of our times, where success is almost akin to mental sickness, or our generation has a rather unfair share of mentally sick individuals. Because some of the findings on the world of business seem rather strange. A news research study by Australian School of Business
Near Death Experiences are a window. Why? Because reincarnation and after death has baffled many. Abrahamics have vehemently denied it for long, while Eastern Mystic traditions have woven it in their entire Spiritual tapestry. Now, as more and more scientific research into this topic of Near Death and subject comes
There are many crazy men and many interestingly crazy things that people do, but what this young man did to check out how it feels to be shot by a gun is the most amazing! Check it out. Read Mircea Goia [https://www.quora.com/Mircea-Goia]'s answer [https://www.
World has grown exponentially for most of us. Today a person sitting in a remote village of Philippines for example can be in touch with someone from New York. And the digital technology is deeply embedded into our lives. Can we disentangle ourselves from it? Here is the story of
Researchers at LWL-University Hospital in Bochum, Germany took 22 male volunteers – all single and all between the ages of 21 and 52 – to do an interesting study. They were asked to view photographs showing just the eyes of a person, while undergoing an MRI scan. Each photograph showed an emotion
Full scale Skeletons and other parts are very expensive for students. Now, a new technique, which is still in its infancy, promises to provide cheaper alternative easily. > “At Notre Dame, there are 100 kids in anatomy class and they have to share five skulls,” Matthew Leevy, the head of the
With the new developments in the Arab world – the Arab spring and the new Islamization of the politics – how are the sexual mores and pressures bearing upon the women? Not well, avers Shereen El Feki, the author of the book – “Sex and the Citadel [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/
Does fame lacking any basis in accomplishments last only 15 minutes? Well, a new study now says no. It does last many years. Sometimes decades. Even in the world of entertainment, where fame is fleeting and transient. > Researchers studied the names mentioned in approximately 2,200 US daily newspapers, weeklies,
People differ in how they approach competition. Men and women are different as well in their approaches. When the stakes are high, when it’s all on the line, some people rise to the occasion. They savor the challenge. The thrill of competition. They want, badly, to win. While others
A Bengal tiger cub was rescued in 2009 from the Dhaba forest range in India. He had been left orphaned after the disappearance of its mother. The cub named Bhangaram, was then raised by the keepers of Bor Wildlife Sanctuary. Orphaned Tiger makes friends with goat kept in his cage
With so much satellite debris out there in the space, it is becoming a nuisance and this threat will keep growing! Now, the Chinese satellite debris has made Russian satellite unusable after its debris collided with the Russian satellite. > A piece of space debris left over from a 2007 Chinese
A very interesting question and a great / interesting answer! Read Quote of Marc Ettlinger’s answer to English (language): Why do people use “Nope” even though “No” is easier to say and shorter to spell? [http://www.quora.com/English-language/Why-do-people-use-Nope-even-though-No-is-easier-to-say-and-shorter-to-spell/answer/Marc-Ettlinger/quote/336156] on Quora [http://www.quora.
There was a time some years back – in my own lifetime – that people were quite simple. Many people in some places, still are. No, I am not talking about being “Good”. Simplicity is living life with very limited mental distortion. A murder case trial going on in the US has
These two women are incredible, but I love the story of Anandi Gopal Joshi, a lady of meager means, married at 9, who went on to become the first Doctor from India to have been educated in US. Read Quote of Akshar Prabhu Desai’s answer to India: Who is
Do you wonder about this? I was intrigued surely. Read Quote of Robert Frost’s answer to Can you cry in space? [http://www.quora.com/Can-you-cry-in-space/answer/Robert-Frost-1/quote/313829] on Quora [http://www.quora.com] [http://www.zemanta.com/?px]
Just as one’s mental state impacts the body postures, it is now being clearly pointed that even body postures can impact the body chemistry itself. But isn’t that what Yoga says but in a more detailed and sophisticated manner? It not just looks at the posture but also
When one sees the news stories of serial killers, one is stuck what kind of a person could do such crimes? Here is a discussion by one person who spent time with one of the most dangerous serial killers in the history – Orville Lynn Majors [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Remember those math problems, where when we couldn’t get the answer, we would go for a walk and come back… and immediately “get it”?! Well, it has scientific basis. A recent study published in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience [http://scan.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2013/01/11/scan.
In an interesting study on Parenting, researchers say the way modern parents praise their kids at the slightest chance may be harming them overall. It may be better to applaud their efforts and not them as individuals. > Parents who want to encourage their little ones to take the right attitude
Many hypothetical questions bring out interesting implications. This is one question and answer that really intrigued me. I believe we take many things for granted. This list brings out those things: Read Quote of Andrew Cote’s answer to Hypothetical Questions: What would happen if oxygen were to disappear worldwide
Amazing story of love and friendship across species. Deep in the Costa Rican jungle, a fisherman named Chito discovered a crocodile that had been shot in the eye by a cattle farmer and left for dead. Chito was able to drag the massive reptile into his boat and brought him
A very beautiful picture of Mars, Saturn and the star Spica shining brightly over Gurudwara Bangla Sahib. > Astrophotographer Ajay Talwar [http://www.twanight.org/newTWAN/photographers_about.asp?photographer=Ajay%20Talwar] of the space photography group The World at Night [http://www.twanight.org/] took this photo in August 2012
Scientists have now created a synthetic DNA and used it to store 154 Shakespeare sonnets, a photo, a PDF of a scientific paper, and a 26-second sound clip from US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jnr’s “I Have a Dream” speech on it. The speck of hardly even
People think so much about Sex and the opposite gender, so how to deal with it; asks a seeker. Sadhguru discusses what sexual urges are and how they impact your well being or otherwise.
A news study says that Universe is a giant brain. > According to a study published in Nature’s Scientific Reports, the universe may be growing in the same way as a giant brain – with the electrical firing between brain cells ‘mirrored’ by the shape of expanding galaxies. > The results of
Mahatama Gandhi was, after all, the “Father of the Nation”. What’s wrong if the sons take after their father? A lot has been said about Rape and the Indian culture. Even Hinduism has been invoked to show linkages to the rape epidemic currently in place in India. But are
Just as India is reeling in the aftermath of the mindless Gangrape of the Delhi Braveheart; US is too going through a similar heart-burn and contemplation of its own societal situation after the Steubenville gang rape incident. This is some of the information on the rape case. (Also read Lessons
Are UFOs haunting the International Space Station (ISS)? If the UFO enthusiasts are to be believed, it seems that ISS has seen an increasing activities of the UFO flying around. > Videos have cropped up on YouTube showing images taken by NASA cameras of objects of different shapes, some moving very
When they say “Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder”, apparently they were dot on! Judgments – causal ones – are indeed made only in the eyes. Judgment, say about beauty, wouldn’t even involve the mind! So, do we even think while making a judgment about someone? This is not
What happens when you find an over 2000 year old ship wreck under sea and rummage through its contents. Specially when you get access to the “Medical Chest” of that crew. Well, that is what the researchers got hold of from a Roman shipping vessel, Relitto del Pozzinosank that sank
Jay Piatek – a meteorite enthusiast – was in Morocco and he found a stone that was supposed to have been from a meteorite. He bought the – weighing less than a pound – stone and sent it to the researchers in University of New Mexico to analyze it. Their analysis came up with
Here is an amazing discussion between Jiddu Krishnamurti, arguably one of the Greatest philosophers of the 20th century and David Bohm, the Nobel Laureate in Physics. The dialog is on “Future of Humanity”. Related articles from External Sources From an interview with David Bohm [http://jaredhallstrom.wordpress.com/2012/11/
Here is a very interesting videos with details on the Ancient Scientific discoveries and achievements of India. The Engineering skills that Indian scientific discoveries manifested have been unraveled here in this documentary through experiments now. Image Credit: legends2k [http://www.flickr.com/photos/legends2k/]
In a very interesting study, the scientists have found that the babies can differentiate sounds between their native language and a foreign one right from birth. Their study suggests that they are hooking on to their mother tongue right in the womb itself. > Sensory and brain mechanisms for hearing are
Ramanujan had made a conjecture on his death bed in a letter to Hardy discussing mock modular forms. > Ramanujan’s letter described several new functions that behaved differently from known theta functions, or modular forms, and yet closely mimicked them. Functions are equations that can be drawn as graphs on
We think we are the greatest thing on this planet. Which translates into most intelligent and most able. Actually, we humans may be the most aggressive and our intelligence for most part have been used for survival purposes.. even today! Here is a story of a ONE-CELLED organism, that is
Gravity Light: A generator powered by weight of gravity, which has been built for the developing and poor countries. It does not use any battery nor any expensive stuff. It would cost the people $5 to buy and there is no running cost. It comes with a durable bag, which
NASA Johnson Style is a volunteer outreach video project created by the students [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home/jsc_gangnam_style.html] of NASA [http://www.nasa.gov/]‘s Johnson Space Center [http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/home].
NASA scientists have a need to monitor the time on Mars in order to manage Opportunity and Curiosity which are roaming on Mars right now. So, how does it do that? Well it has now created a Java App (link [http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/mars24/]), which gives the
The salary inequality between men and women is well known in the corporate world today. And there has been a lot of effort to reduce that gap, but it hasn’t really come down. Now, one research suggests that only when women work in sectors different from men, they are
In a rather bizarre theoretical framework, some scientists are trying to ascertain if we are some kind of computer simulation characters being driven around by a computer game being played on a very large “Master Computer” by “someone”? > Scientists are conducting experiments to discover whether the universe exists within a
This is a very sensitive and a very brave account written by a mother with a 13 year old son (I am Adam Lanza’s mother [http://api.viglink.com/api/click?format=go&key=32baf9faf91103bc2a7aa19ce37d8c0d&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2012%2F12%2F16%2Fi-am-adam-lanzas-mother-mental-illness-conversation_n_2311009.html%
This is absolutely amazing! If this new technology of microchip could be incorporated in a smart phone, then it could become a high resolution X-ray machine! > …thanks to tiny inexpensive silicon microchips developed by a pair of electrical engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). The chips generate and
We recently saw the headlines in India that have focused on the dramatic demise of two ultra rich brothers, Ponty and Hardeep Chadha, who made a fortune from their liquor and real estate businesses. In a moment of anger, both the brothers died in a matter of few minutes. The
We all go through mid-life crisis everywhere. Sometimes, this issue takes a deadly form and could lead to depressions and suicide. Yet, in other cases, it could lead to some radical shifts in life which lead to new careers and new loves. We go through a U-shaped life. Happy in
Is the power dynamics changing towards the women? This writer says – that women and men equation is surely changing. Related articles How a feminist debate was derailed by asking all men to leave | Marta Owczarek [http://r.zemanta.com/?u=http%3A//www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/03/
108 is a very important number. Hindus do everything as a count of 108. The beads, the mantras, the yantras [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantra].. Sadhguru explains the importance of 108 and why it is so significant to a Spiritual seeker and central to Yoga. Hindu deities [http://en.
India Today [http://indiatoday.com]‘s sex survey has brought out some bizarre facts about small towns in India [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=28.6133333333,77.2083333333&spn=10.0,10.0&q=28.6133333333,77.2083333333 (India)&t=h]. The concept of small towns and villages as
While the Indian couple sits in jail and they work their way out of the mess due to difference in cultural norms, Norwegian princess was in India unannounced for a strange errand. Same sex marriage has been legalized in Norway since 2009, while same sex partnerships were registered since 1993.
Here are some eminent scientists who are working at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi institute looking at the science theories and how the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures have come about. And then trying to understand the underlying structures in both. The results is pretty startling!
Anonymity gives people ability to do things that they wouldn’t do otherwise. Even say things that normal sane people don’t say. And Internet Trolls are people who use this anonymity to persistently, and many times with malafide intentions, promote and share stuff on some internet platforms, boards and
Here is an interesting discussion on the OnPoint Program on the new advances in Artifical Intelligence. Some concepts discussed are Deep Learning, Big Data, and Neural Networks. From the time when the AI scientists wanted to feed the “intelligence” to a time when the Big Data from Internet etc is
Non-melting chocolates are here. Cadbury’s has come out with a chocolate that doesn’t melt [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/food/cadbury-develops-chocolates-that-dont-melt-even-in-scorching-heat/articleshow/17359456.cms] ! > New ‘temperature-tolerant chocolates’ that don’t melt even at 40 degree Celsius have been developed by confectionery giant Cadbury, which will soon
In a country of chronic shortage, Nigerian school girls have come up with an idea to harness the Urine to power a generator. It may not be commercial viable or useful, but it is still intriguing 🙂
This evening in the car, while on our way back from our friend’s place, my daughter and I were discussing how the coming times will see new ways of using technologies. I want her to be prepared to live in the world with no physical books and only handheld
Whether we like it or not, Social Media is here to stay. And the creative educationists and teachers are using it well. Here is an interesting infographic on how professors are using Pinterest to engage with the students. Pinterest now has over 10 million users. Courtesy: Worldwide Learn [http://www.
Men and Women are very different types of investors. Because their attitudes and the things that impact them are totally different. Based on these differences, they make very different decisions. Here is a very interesting Infographic to show the differences and in the end, who tends to be a “better
Even Internet can be an addiction. And it has its repercussions [http://collective-thoughts.com/2012/11/02/facebook-psychology-infographic/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CollectiveThoughts+%28Collective+Thoughts%29] . > Some people think that internet addiction (IAD) is not a real issue, but in China, Taiwan, and Korea
Scientists have for the first time discovered a common gene variant that influences when you will wake up each day and the time of the day you are most likely to die, a new study has claimed. Researchers identified the gene variant that affects virtually the entire population responsible for
We had covered Javed Akhtar’s earlier rendezvous with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev ( Intellectual Nonsense, Javed Akhtar and the India Today conclave [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/intellectual-nonsense-javed-akhtar-and-india-today-conclave/] ), and how – ideologically inclined as Akhtar was, he just seemed to be arguing on things that (1) Sadhguru didn’t say and
We all look at our past experiences and try to plan and predict the future. A lot of people act very smart and think they can control the future and what happens in it. But is that true? Just look at the following facts [http://www.fool.com/investing/general/
Dr Stuart Hameroff, Professor Emeritus at the Departments of Anesthesiology and Psychology and the Director of the Centre of Consciousness Studies at the University of Arizona, and British physicist Sir Roger Penrose have come up with a new and interesting theory Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR). It can also be called
Rescue Operations in Spain’s EarthquakeThe analysis of the 5.1 richter earthquake in historic Murcia town of Lorca in southeast Spain last year has brought up an interesting finding, that could prove disastrous to India as well. Scientists now believe [http://www.scotsman.com/news/international/earthquake-that-killed-nine-people-in-southern-spain-was-man-made-1-2591367] that it
Earlier this year in February, a global research company (God Bless them!) Ipsos said in a survey that Indians were the Second Most Happiest people in the world along with the Mexicans. 43% of the citizens of these two countries were sure that they were “Very Happy”. The survey also
Every day I interact with my pet dog Bella, I learn something new. I have shared here, how she loves to come and sit/lie near me when I am doing my morning meditation and also how she likes to sleep in the area where the meditation is done. She
This morning, NPR carried a very interesting story [http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/09/17/161159263/teachers-expectations-can-influence-how-students-perform] . One that related Expectations the teachers have with students, Behavior of the Teachers towards the students, the subtle messaging that happens, and the results of the kids. In one study, Harvard
Neil Armstrong, First man to set foot on MoonAt 20:17:39 UTC on July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong, stepped on the Moon. With his feet on the moon surface, he said – “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” First human feet had touched the surface of moon. Last
There is a lot of interest in the “God Particle” and the debates on TV are happening on the subject as well. The debate on NDTV under the title “The Big Fight” was one such discussion / debate. My interest of entry in this debate was that my Guru, Sadhguru was
Bose and Einstein togetherHiggs Boson – or the “God’s particle” is in news these days. Some have come to know that the Boson is a word that is based on the name of the Indian Science great Satyendranath Bose. Bosons are elementary sub-atomic particles which were named after Bose, because
Gujarati food will finally make its way up into the space now. As they say, you can find a Gujarati anywhere you go. Well, as Sunita Williams – from a Gujarati Dad and Slovenian Mom – goes to the space the second time, she will carry her food along. Isn’t that
Vijay Kumar at TEDUniversity of Pennsylvania professor Vijay Kumar showcased a set of autonomous, agile and decentralized flying robots which can not only do maneuvers that are difficult for any machine but also communicate between themselves to not only fly in formations but also do complex tasks of lifting stuff
Have you looked at the latest Image negative of Deepika Padukone doing rounds on Facebook? Why does it work like that? Here is what you need to do – Stare at the red dot on the lady’s nose for 30 second or so. Then look at a white space – white
Designer Baby Templates?Recently, a couple in Chennai came out with an advertisement [http://news.oneindia.in/2012/01/18/chennai-couple-demand-iitans-sperm-shocks-all.html] looking for sperms of an ex-IITian for a baby. The advertisement went: > “Ideal candidate(s) should be IIT students, healthy, no bad habits, tall and fair if possible,
In 1900, Lord Kelvin famously stated, “There is nothing new to be discovered in physics now. All that remains is more and more precise measurement.” Five years later, Albert Einstein published his paper on special relativity, which challenged the very simple set of rules laid down by Newtonian mechanics, which
The small and beautiful humbling forces for tranquility and peace include love, laughter, being grateful, showing respect and forgiveness. Tranquility and peace are important because they remind us of our connectivity with the Supra Universal Consciousness and with each other as One collective entity. If we look closely, the collective
A leaked internal memo at CERN, near Geneva, Switzerland, contains unconfirmed reports that one of the detectors at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has picked up signals that could be the long sought after Higgs boson or God particle. If so, that would be an enormous coincidence at Easter. One
Indian students from a small town called Palwal in Haryana have created a unique bike. It isn’t fast as it runs 6 to 12 miles an hour for upto 370 miles but it does that without any petrol, diesel or natural gas. It runs on Oxygen – 100 liters of
Are you able to see something, without knowing that you can see? If “Perception” was the ability to see an object, and sensation was the knowledge that you can see (sensation of seeing, if you will), then can you have the Perception without the Sensation? Taking it further, if Perception
Tragedy facing the Japanese today with the Nuclear Reactor is a tragedy that is common to us all. This is just one reactor and we have such a huge tragedy staring at us. All because something that one of most developed nation thought it had taken care of, didn’t
Article first published as The Interesting Life of Eiffel [http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/the-interesting-life-of-eiffel/] on Blogcritics. Some men are born contradictions in every way they live. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel was one such person. Born a French, but took on a last name from a German mountain, Eifel; Gustave graduated
You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to understand why India’s heavy lift GSLV (or Geo-Stationary Launch Vehicle) blew up a minute after liftoff last Christmas. There are two explanations – one, obvious and the other, rather disturbing. The obvious reason is that experimental rockets are known to
“By the time Henry House was four months old, a copy of his picture was being carried in the pocketbooks of seven different women, each of whom called him her son. . .” starts a very recent novel – “The Irresistible Henry House” written by Lisa Grunwald There was a time in US,
China has just started its action in the space not very long ago, but it is already topping in rather ignominious ways. In the short time, the countries that sent rockets in space, they have already created a lot of pollution up there. What are these Space Debris? > the collection
At the moment, you’re the current astrological equivalent of a magnet, so there’ll be no refusing you and no way for them to win an argument. So announced my horoscope on the My Yahoo Portal for my stars today. If this was all just mumbo jumbo I would
Sarda Sahney [http://seis.bris.ac.uk/~glxss/] – a PhD student and her colleagues at University of Bristol have come out with research published in Biology letters [http://bristol.academia.edu/documents/0094/1038/2010-SahneyBentonFerry-BiologyLetters.pdf] (read/download research paper in pdf), which the media is claiming points to Charles
My words are whispers on the wind Rootless wanderers Blown like seeds on an autumn breeze Until the wind grows still… And here, and there They find the just right place to land, To sink and germinate and sprout and grow into the light… They find A Consciousness Receptive, ready,
One needn’t go to India to know that something is seriously different about that country and its people. We are constantly trying to ignore the “gravity” of any situation. Life is tough?! But what is life anyways.. lets levitate and live without attachments! Om Shanti.. or on the other
I was having a long debate about Science and Spirituality on Facebook. Till it came to a point of looking at the benefits of Science and if what modern Science offer is really progress after all. Yes, Science has helped the humanity, but was the way Science – from its genesis
Ooops.. our scientists just discovered that we have a defective Universe. It has a hole! A BIG one! One billion light years across. I KNEW IT! I knew from the day I could think straight that we had a second hand, hastily put together “Made in China” Universe bought from
(continued from Ancient Hindu Science and the effect on the world – I [https://www.drishtikone.com/ancient-hindu-science-and-effect-world-i]) Vedantic philosophy or Hindu Scientific ways experienced and found millennia back and document many centuries ago, also became the basis of the greatest modern scientific discoveries. How Ancient Hindu science impacted greatest modern
Modern science works on current knowledge. Knowledge that is prevalent at any point in time. We pick and choose the tools that the current knowledge provides and fit them in the already existing ones and come up with a model. Theories of Existence and subsequent enunciation of what the scientific
I thought I was reading views of some UFO enthusiast and controversy lover… but as I read along it turned out to be [http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/We_should_thank_aliens_for_our_computer_screens_Expert_-nid-67631.html?utm_campaign=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=Subscriber] the Canadian
There is a small possibility that the current civilization can face a complete destruction or annihilation either from a great deluge due to global warming or earth quake, or a nuclear war or even by an appointment with some asteroid. It is possible that everything we created, everything we invented
The moon has changed for ever! Now there is water there. Chandrayaan-I finally did the unthinkable a month after its untimely death – gave the entire humanity hope that if it totally screws up its own planet, it could make do with the satellite! Maybe when the ultra rich have nicely
In 1687, Newton published Principia where he laid the foundations of Gravity, which explained how the planets stayed in their orbits and large bodies work. Five years later, a Cambridge philospher Richard Bentley asked him a very innocuous question that hit at the root of Newton’s discovery. Bentley wrote
Muzzling scientists which make the Government or the Church “uneasy” comes naturally to Americans. Back in the 17th century it was Galileo Galilei and in today’s world Italy has Giampaolo Giuliani. Galileo had forwarded the Heliocentric view of the “known Solar System” in face of geocentric view of the
Jugnu is getting ready. It is a nano satellite that students from IIT-Kanpur are building for a launch end of this year. In a special program now, ISRO (The Indian Space and Research Organisation) is working with IIT-K to bring in talent to bear upon the space program. Do you
This is the “Eye of God”. It is a cloud of stellar dust and gases of the Helix Nebula. This picture was posted on NASA’s Website as an Astronomy Picture of the Day in May 2003. It shows a dying star and the gases around it. One day our
It is not everyday that you can see a real meteor… and the spectacular fireworks that accompany it. Here is a video taken from a police car dash camera and it shows the spectacular view of a meteor:
Here is avideo of the moon from the Indian moon mission – Chandrayaan – I. Check it out.. its quite an achievement and an exclusive video:
Only four nations have landed on the moon in the recorded human history – US, Russia, China and India. As the probe from Chandrayaan-I touched the surface of the Moon, India touched the lunar surface. The probe, painted with the Indian flag, touched down at 2034 (1504 GMT), the Indian Space
Things in our universe are just perfect. Everything seems to neatly “tie-in” and work well. It has this structure that is conducive to life. If things were different, no life could have been possible. For example [http://discovermagazine.com/2008/dec/10-sciences-alternative-to-an-intelligent-creator] : > Consider just two possible changes. Atoms consist of
Chandrayaan-1 – the Indian moon mission is now orbiting the moon. It is as shoe string as it possibly gets! Here is some perspective: Total cost: Rs 380 crores (USD 76 million) Airbus 380 developmental cost: USD 15 billion One Boeing 737-600 (the cheapest one) costs: USD 50 million Cost for
The fourth planet out from the Sun, Mars, has two moons. The are named Phobos (meaning “fear”) and Deimos (meaning “panic”); appropriate companions for Mars, the God of War. But here is the funny thing… Over a hundred years before the moons’ discovery, in 1877, British writer and satirist Jonathan
This is as heady as it possibly gets!! A team of Mexican scientists [http://www.physorg.com/news145255770.html] found that the heated vapor from 80-proof (40% alcohol) tequila blanco, when deposited on a silicon or stainless steel substrate, can form diamond films. The main reason for this to happen
Something unknown is pulling the Universe to it. And the speed is more than 2 million miles per hour. It is as if the “thing” [Dark Matter – uncreatively characterising the unknown as “Dark” by the scientists] is outside the Universe and is relentless pulling stuff from our Universe. Maybe our
Amidst the chest beating by the nationalists in the Republican party in the US, they have no idea where US is going wrong. Why the tomorrow of US kids is fraught with difficulties. The major reason why US was the premier place for innovation was that its leaders inspired the
Today India shot for the moon! (India’s Evolution [http://img261.echo.cx/img261/1061/slvs6nt.jpg]) It has been a lot of years that India has been growing in stature in the space community.. but ultimately it was the aim for the moon! China is also in that race
At the heart of all science and even spirituality is a simple question: How does the Infinite become Finite? or, how does energy become mass. The building block of the entire universe and creation is the same energy wave that manifests as different subatomic particles. Somewhere and somehow, the energy
The Large Haldron Collider has been fired. And the world survives as of this instant. Its an indeed a great step forward for mankind. Let us hope something interesting comes out of this experiment and it just doesn’t turn out to be a white elephant! Well the doomsday predictions
On Wednesday, September 10, the Large Haldron Collider [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider] will be fired [http://blogs.indystar.com/geek/2008/09/large_hadron_co.html]. It has costed $7.75 billion. But that is not the most important thing about it. The more important is
The reason why certain groups and people in certain geographies have different type of features for a long time and continue to be known for beautiful women or handsome men is because there is an underlying super selection going on. The evolution is hidden in every dating process that a
Just a sidenote: Any country that has a real space program and can send satellites in space – is also the one which has an “indigenous” missile program, because both the technologies are the same! And any country which has missiles – like North Korea, Pakistan, and Iran and cannot even send
A young man once went to a blind Saint’s hut and knocked. The Saint from inside enquired – “Who is it?”. The young man – who had come looking for a Guru, replied “That is what I have come to know, Sir”. The Guru beckoned him. That is probably the only
Our Observation collapses the wave [https://drishtikone.com/?q=content/eternal-illusion-and-how-observer-creates-his-own-reality] and we can have a particle instead. At least that much is a certainty for scientists. Of course, the question that has always remained is how does the quantum world and the physical world so different in its appearance.
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mcgill-logo.png] Image via Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mcgill-logo.png] A research study [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2303955/Men-give-into-sexual-temptation-easier-than-women%2C-scientists-say.html] from Montreal, Canada’s McGill University [http://www.mcgill.ca/] claims that men give into sexual [http:
Was Big Bang the beginning of the existence? What was there before that? Was time still there? If time was there, so must have been space since both go together. > A team of physicists has claimed that our view of the early Universe may contain the signature of a time
Did you know that fish can fly? YES! There is a special species among the fishes that have wings and can fly. The Exocoetidae or flying fish are a marine fish family comprising about 50 species grouped in 7 to 9 genera. Flying fish are found in all the major
The problem with understanding of creation is that it is just an interplay between Space and Time. These two are inextricably linked to our creation – past and future. Despite what we think the scientists claim, the truth is that we are nowhere close to understanding to the absolute micro and
With the formulation of Planck’s constant, our limits of observation were set. Beyond this limit, our observation lacked any meaning. The confidence of what we saw beyond this was imaginary and superstition. Try as we might to define the route that an electron took to reach the other side
For the most brilliant scientist of our times, Einstein made this strange assertion: “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind”. In the ordinary sense of how we understand religion, as organized institution, this was nonsense! This has fueled a lot of debate. Thankfully, now comes out of
Switzerland’s Large Hadron Collider – cost between $5-10 billion – will be ready this year and the world may never be same again. The believers in the many dimension explanation for Quantum Physics are increasing. And there is some belief – if not acceptance – for the String theory. There are are many
India has placed itself into space history. In one launch, India launched 10 satellites into orbits that are 600 km away from earth. The combined payload was 820 kg. The last time this was attempted was by the Russians who launched 13 satellites that weighed 295 kg. Of course, NASA
Here is an interesting paragraph from “The Spiritual Brain” > In the interpretation of quantum physics created by physicist John Von Neumann (1903-1957), a particle only probably exists in one position or another; these probable positions are said to be “superposed” on each other. Measurement causes a “quantum collapse”, meaning that
HHHHHMMMMMM…… What’s that humming sound? Does that sound very similar? Well, its all over the place. And you can’t get over with it as well. Because you and I are SITTING, sleeping, walking, jumping on the machine making the sound! Its the Earth silly! And its not when
Stockholm Central Station has a new way to change the world. With energy becoming such an issue in the world, everyone is looking for renewable energy which is consistent with nature. With the population rising so much any source of energy seems small. But what if the people itself are
Humanity has always been curious about mixing breeds and species. First it was the horses and dogs and just some species of plants like roses etc. Then people got adventurous and brought in creatures like Liger [http://www.liger.org/] – a mix between Lion and a Tiger, which some people
In all early civilizations, the first expression of mathematical understanding appears in the form of counting systems. Numbers in very early societies were typically represented by groups of lines, though later different numbers came to be assigned specific numeral names and symbols (as in India) or were designated by alphabetic
Like I said earlier in the post, Religion colors everyone’s logic and rationale. Whatever one could see through easily, is lost to him when the extra layer of religion comes through. I had discussed in this post (Two Millenia of India’s Economic Journey [https://drishtikone.com/?q=content/
There is an incredible and unbelieveable tale in the life of Hanuman – the Hindu deity. Ram and Lakshman have been captured by Mahiravan and are being held captive in Patal – lok or under the seas. When Hanuman goes to free them he is faced by a part-monket and part-fish (kind
Had never thought about this one point ever, but what the heck – everything smells.. something is good and somethings real bad. But what about space? Space is vacuum. Does vacuum has any smell? Ostensibly no.. but what about space? Space is not just vacuum, it has lots of “stuff” floating
Mathematicians are more religious than their scientist brethren. A survey [http://www.thestar.com/News/article/297564] by National Academy of Science shows Mathematicians are 2.5 times more likely to believe in God than Biologists (14.6% Mathematicians vs 5.5% biologists). Well, that is a lot of people
Sometimes its better for kids to skip the school. LIke this one. He has created a “climactic event”. Check it out.
There is this phenomenon called “Cosmic Strings”. These “fabric of space” called snags or strings are very heavy and great gravitational pull (one kilometer long string can have the mass of entire earth!). A new study says that these are actually remnants from the past universe!? Hmmm… are we saying
Mystics talk about moving beyond space and time. Scientists and skeptics laugh at that. Here is a guy who says he actually feels like he has stepped out of “linear time” as he is playing squash. He kinda goes faster by going slower! Can you stretch time? > MIKE HALL has
One of the world’s most advanced spy satellite with a camera that has capabilities to see through any weather conditions was launched into orbit for Israel by ISRO – Indian Space research Organization. It is the most advanced satellite in its class and Israel had asked for Indian help to
Scientists have been talking of antimatter for a long time. All elementary particles, such as protons and electrons, have antimatter counterparts with the same mass but the opposite charge. For instance, the antimatter opposite of an electron, known as a positron, is positively charged. When Antimatter comes in contact with
The Aliens are finally coming! I mean we have been looking for them, waiting for them, making movies about them, befriending them in our soaps and fighting them… and also collecting their left overs from the crashed UFOs. Now, they have decided to send a signal [http://www.ktvu.com/
Scientists have taken the next step in biological science! They have created a beating heart [http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/01/14/rebuilt.heart/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail] “from scratch” so to say. As the video below says, the researcher here gave nature its tools and let it do
Well scientists in the Bhavnagar University of Gujarat have done something very interesting… well it sounds interesting to a non-scientists anyways 🙂 They have trapped light in a “soup” of nano and micro particles! > Physicists at the Bhavnagar University in Gujarat, India, have demonstrated how to trap and retrieve light using
Well scientists in the Bhavnagar University of Gujarat have done something very interesting… well it sounds interesting to a non-scientists anyways 🙂 They have trapped light in a “soup” of nano and micro particles! > Physicists at the Bhavnagar University in Gujarat, India, have demonstrated how to trap and retrieve light using
Sometimes the most harmless and simple things take a lot of innovation from people to create. Who would have thought that a simple toothpick requires a lot of effort on design and technique from best minds to make it work and improve. From the medieval times to the modern times,
Sometimes the most harmless and simple things take a lot of innovation from people to create. Who would have thought that a simple toothpick requires a lot of effort on design and technique from best minds to make it work and improve. From the medieval times to the modern times,
Scientists these days have issues with things beyond their minds and knowledge. First they claim it is natural.. then it is unnatural and a trickery and media reports it as if the scientist has proved the “mysterious phenomenon” wrong! Kolkatta, apparently was visited by the friendly neighborhood UFO. A guy
Scientists these days have issues with things beyond their minds and knowledge. First they claim it is natural.. then it is unnatural and a trickery and media reports it as if the scientist has proved the “mysterious phenomenon” wrong! Kolkatta, apparently was visited by the friendly neighborhood UFO. A guy
A very interesting blog from Global Politician, Islam, the Greeks and the Scientific Revolution, part 1, [http://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=3559&cid=3&sid=9] by Norwegian blogger Fjordman. Here he argues that Islam and the Arabs may have transferred knowledge, but they didn’t contribute much of
This is incredible progress. Synthesizing a few proteins will create a new life form. Now, this will also tell us how important consciousness is in the life of an organism. It will not be determined by the creation of the life form – but the life it takes on.even if
Water is the most abundant of substances on earth and the most vital. it can form and destroy life. Yet it has puzzled the scientists! Beyond its basic form of H2O, scientists have not been able to decipher why it would behave in various ways that it does. Here is
Ok, this is the first time we humans from Earth have sent a space-ship [http://news.aol.com/story/ar/_a/first-interplanetary-spaceship-blasts/20070927131609990001] that will go to one cosmic body…. circle it.. stare it.. and then go for another one. True Interplanetary journey! We men have had been practicing this
There are few parallels in human endeavor than the very deep and profound argumentative disagreement between Neils Bohr and Albert Einstein on the very nature of Quantum Mechanics. While Bohr was in the Copenhagen Interpretation gang, Einstein was looking for the hidden variables. Einstein wrote a paper with Podolsky and
I haven’t been on one recently, but I am assuming that a space flight is a tough experience! Heck, the microbes – those with small robes.. naah… the small guys who only show up under a microscope – have it really tough out there!! So tough they become tougher…. and meaner!
God is a matter of faith. Faith that things "work" even though in a manner not always according to our wishes and "equitably" (as we define the word). Yet, it seems to be so. Random world would leave no room for any hope. No reason to do anything or make
A new study says that multiple universes exist, as has been postulated by the "Many Worlds theory" of Quantum Mechanics. So, every time a physical possibility is explored – the Universe "splits" – thus creating many alternative outcomes. As if once a move is made on a chess board – then all the
Voyager 1 was launched on September 5 in 1977. It is the farthest man-made object to Earth. > The Voyager 1 spacecraft is a 733-kilogram robotic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic_spacecraft] space probe [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_probe] of the outer solar system [http://en.wikipedia.org/
Deepak Chopra writes in his blog on Science and Einstein’s God. How, Einstein’s religio-spiritual belief evolved and could happily live with his high Science! It was not an easy journey.. but was a very sure footed one.Dr. Chopra [http://www.intentblog.com/archives/2007/09/einsteins_god_
Remember in our school we were told that Marconi discovered wireless? Well, it turns out that was nonsense! It was really Jagdish Chandra Bose. Marconi usurped the credit to himself.. and the Western world complied because Bose was a citizen of colonized people! (MIT paper [http://web.mit.edu/varun_
The Bridge in Minneapolis collapsed yesterday evening, It was built in 1967 and was undergoing some repairs. And it just collapsed like a house of cars. So, 7 people died. Now, what could lead to the collapse of a very "healthy" bridge – as it was given a "clean bill of
This is an interesting video of Ken Wilber explaining the 3 strands of science – or any body of knowledge.1. Injunction (if you want to see that, you need to do this); 2. Experience/Datum (Seeing/experiencing the act); and finally, 3. Confirmation (someone else confirms the same experience). I
A cat at Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/6917113.stm] knows when a patient in the center is about to die and curls up near him/her. The cat has been right in 25 cases so far. The cat is the best predictor
What happened before creation. Or how was creation "created" is an interesting question that scientists and spiritualists have tried to tackle their entire lives. Here is another attempt at that. This one says that it is extremely difficult to pin point the properties of the "pre-universe" because of COSMIC FORGETFULNESS!
The stocks of auto industry and airlines is going to fall.. and fall heavily! Captain Kirk’s "transport" mechanism of making a guy stand on a circle and teleport him/her to another ship is just around the corner.Australian scientists [http://www.physorg.com/news102681027.html] are at it.
Our Sun, Moon and our Earth was acquired from our parent Galaxy called Sagittarius Dwarf [http://viewzone.com/milkyway.html] by the Milky Way! So, we came into our new home. And Milky Way is in the habit of devouring numerous smaller galaxies. So even in the cosmos… it is
Itzhak Bars, a physicist at USC College is recommending two dimensions of time and space. He is saying that adding another dimension of time can help relate the Theory of Relativity to Quantum Theory.. and also help do away with the issues with String Theory. > Einstein’s theory of gravity
What is the secret to getting over the tough times? I have believed it is to face life squarely and make some decisions. But it was best told to me by an astrologer. He said "When a storm comes, the only trees left standing after it are the ones which
In my last article [https://www.drishtikone.com/eternal-illusion-and-how-observer-creates-his-own-reality/] I had presented how the conclusions from Quantum Physics seem to dovetail into what has been the pursuit of the mystics. The argument and the tack taken there was that no matter which road you take, the final steps to “Truth”
In October of 1927, Born, Dirac, Heisenberg, Pauli, and Bohr came together and expounded as well as accepted “an” interpretation of the new quantum world that was reeling in the aftermath of Schrodinger’s Wave Collapse experiments. They called it the Copenhagen Interpretation. With the collapse of the wave wherein
Here is some new evidence [http://www.newscientistspace.com/article/dn9114-cyclic-universe-can-explain-cosmological-constant.html] that Universe may be cyclical in the way it expands and contracts! The “Dance of Shiva” as Fritjof Capra talks of this phenomenon in “Tao of Physics”. > A cyclic universe, which bounces through a series of big bangs
Congratulations! We are right on track to heat things up a little bit.. in fact as hot as it hasn’t been in .. well.. 130,000 years! If we keep going at the rate we are going we could take the temperature of the Earth to rise 4 degrees F
Ramanujam was a mathematical genius of the last century. One of the greatest if not THE greatest! Recently, it was announced [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4811920.stm] that a movie would be made on him. > British director Stephen Fry and India’s Dev Benegal are
My earlier post [http://www.patheos.com/blogs/drishtikone/?q=node/1026]on differences between men and women. Men and Women have often been equated to Shiv and Parvati (Shakti). In most mythology, Shiv, the Hindu deity, in his virile spendour represents the quintessential wild male, while Shakti represents the
There is a fair bit of controversy on the differences between genders. Do men and women think and behave differently? A year ago, the president of Harvard University, Lawrence H. Summers [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Summers], sparked an uproar at an academic conference when he said that innate
Evolution vs Intelligence debate is as ridiculous as it is because there is an assumption about Intelligence which is inherently flawed. West and most of the world impacted by the Abrahamic belief systems has looked at intelligence only when it is active. Manifest Intelligence and its immensity has eluded this
Metaphysics and Quantum Physics are explorations of reality. Laws are merely different events that have been linked in a causation paradigm – because they have happened – or apparently happened – as we know them in a certain sequence! The structure and serial linkages of the prevalent laws and “principles” therefore are limited
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