Just when you thought you've heard every discrimination story in the book, another one comes along. The most recently persecuted group? Jedi Knights. According to the story out of the UK, the "…

Scientific Name Commiphora mukul(Hook. ex Stocks) Engl. syn. Balsamodendron mukul Hook. ex Stocks syn Commiphora wightii (Arn.)Bhandari Family Burseraceae Used Part Gum Distribution Area…

Scientific Name Entada phaseoloides (Linn.) Merr. syn. E. scandens Benth. Family Fabaceae Used Part Fruits. Distribution Area The plant occurs throughout the sub-Himalayan tract, from Nepal…

Scientific Name Sida cordifolia Linn. Family Malvaceae Used Part Seeds Distribution Area Common Uses .Considered useful in sexual debility and spermatorrhoea. Used in drugs for sexual strength…

In order to be able to perform unescorted access to areas where ionizing radiations are present, and to work with and use radioactive materials, workers at Fermilab have to pass a specific training…

Scientific Name Bauhinia variegata Linn. Family Fabaceae Used Part Bark Distribution Area Most parts of Nepal in sub Himalayan tracts and outer Himalayas of the Punjab ascending to 4,000 ft…

Scientific Name Host: Pistacia integerrima Stew. Ex. Brandis syn. Pistacia kinjuk Stocks . Drug is Galls induced by insects. Family Anacardiaceae Used Part galls, the drug sample is of galls.…

Growing Jatropha on fences for fuel project carried out by Social Policy Research Institute , Jaipur in collaboration with Humana People to People India with aid from World bank has resulted in vast…

DECENTRALIZED biofuel production, or small-scale factories built on degraded or underused lands, has the potential to provide energy to half a billion people living in poverty in rural Asia. However…

Some believe a world state is inevitable, others don't. Some believe advancement in communication technologies benefit irregulars more than regulars in War 2.0, others believe the opposite. P. W.…

The Jatropha plant or shrub like tree can grow in a wide variety of climates. Its seeds contain about 40% oil that can be extracted for energy as feedstock for renewable biodiesel production.…

Scientific Name Solanum surattense Burm. f. syn. S. xanthocarpum Schrad. & Wendl. Family Solanaceae Used Part Seeds and fruits Distribution Area Throughout India, in dry situtations as weed…

Scientific Name Curcuma zedoaria Rosc. Family Zingiberaceae Used Part Rhizome Distribution Area A species growing wild in eastern Himalayas and in the moist deciduous forests of the coastal…

Scientific Name Caesalpinia bonduc (Linn.) Roxb. emend. Dandy & Exell; Baker (Fl Br Ind) syn. C. bonducella (Linn.) Flem.; C. jayabo Naza; C. rista L. Family Fabaceae Used Part Seeds…

Law And Science : The Injustice Of Confessions Confession may be good for the soul, but it is, I submit, positively harmful to the establishment of scientific truth in any legal venue.  It is a…

"There is, in my opinion, no doubt that by the time we are ready to announce the discovery of the Higgs boson, the whole world will know it". James Gillies, Head of Communications at CERN,…

Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul and Mary, died of complications from her leukemia treatment at age 72. You probably know the 1960s folk trio's songs, If I Had a Hammer, Lemon Tree, John Denver's Leaving…

A few days ago there was worry that a British movie about Darwin was too religiously radioactive to find a US distributor. That seemed a little odd - the US has no shortage of movies that offend…

The universe is in a continuous change. A change n gets transformed into a change n+1, the change n+1 into a change n+2 and so on. Clocks measure a frequency, velocity and numerical order of change.…

FROM SPACE-TIME TO TIMELESS QUANTUM SPACE   Amrit S. Sorli sorli.bistra@gmail.com, Scientific Research Centre BISTRA, Ptuj, Slovenia   Abstract   The universe is in a continuous…