Why We Stare At The Stars
WHY WE STARE AT THE STARS
September 17, 1989
Ayad Izzet Gharbawi
The people are tired, the people are weary; bored in their life styles; bored…
Reversibility Of Evolutionary Processes
An article in LiveScience entitled "Evolution Can't Go Backward" has highlighted an experiment done to determine whether a protein could be "unmutated" (i.e. returned to its original state) and…
Raja Bheem where he uses names of plants to distinguish his own land from that of his enemies in Rajasthan.
Aonla, Aonla Mewar Bawul, Bawul Marwar:
Here plants are used to distinguish Mewar from Marwar. English rendering would be Cassia auriculata Linn. Characterizes Mewar, whereas Acacia nilotica Indica.…
Ethnobotany is usually defined as anthropological approach to botany.
ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDIES ON SOME IMPORTANT HERBAL MEDICINES
Ethnobotany is a distinct branch of natural science dealing with various aspects such as anthropology, archaeology, botany, ecology,…
Constituents of the Mind
We now present the basic Constituents of the Mind (CoM):
1. Event/s (E)
2. Sound/s (Sn)
3. Scenery (Sc)
4. Thought (t)
5. Odour (Od)
6…
The Say of the Week
"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einsteins' brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops".
Stephen…
Cytomegalovirus restricted in New Jersey
The past few times I've driven in New Jersey (in NJ for work, through NJ to get to fun places), I've noticed a sign that says "Restricted CMV."
To me this means HLA-restricted cytomegalovirus. I…
Smart houses and contextual patterns
A few years ago, I was spending a good bit of my time on context-based services. User context — also called “presence” — is information, which changes over time, about the current state of a user or…
Unlocking Oxygen Trapped Inside Luna's Soil
The moon has no has no atmosphere like Earth's but oxygen which can be used for people, growing food, creating water and even burning rocket fuel is trapped in its soil.Scientists from NASA and…
The Downside To Antioxidants? They May Be Hurting Your Immune System
Antioxidants are a big buzzword these days - everyone claims to have them and that impresses buyers but most don't really know what that means.
Health conscious people know that taking antioxidants…
P.S. Maybe the Giant Squid Was Dead Already
Not to beat a dead squid, but a reasonable question came up in a conversation with one of my labmates today: Who's to say that the Architeuthis collected in the Gulf of Mexico this summer was alive…
Mind Reading Gets A Step Closer Using Functional Imaging
Patterns of brain activity allow researchers to know what number a person has just seen or how many dots a person has been presented with, according to a report published in Current Biology.
The…
In Language, 'Use It Or Lose It' More Like 'Riding A Bike'
If you learn a foreign language when you are young but the exposure to that language is brief and you don't get to hear or practice it subsequently, does the neglected language fade away from our…
The New Make: Science Room for At Home Amateur Research
The ultimate do-it-yourself and hack-your-way-to-happiness magazine, MAKE, recently launched a new section to their Make:Online website just for supporting the at home citizen scientist.
Having just…
Genetic Discovery Could Accelerate Grapevine Breeding - And Bring Back European Vines From 150 Years Ago
European-tasting wines from American species and cultivars? It could happen, say German researchers who have unraveled an unexpected twist in grapevine DNA.
In response to the "great European…
Tribals of Jaipur district's Gods and Goddesses correspond to plant species
Tribals of Jaipur district worship all the God and Goddesses of Hindu religion along with number of local deities. These deities are associated with a number of plant species. During the present…
These plants may serve as source of some important medicine against some major diseases. Therefore, these tribal and rural claims should be further validated scientifically.
Traditional medicines are used in all civilizations and cultures in health care systems worldwide. Since the beginning of civilization, people have used plants as medicine. Ethnobotany is the study…
The tribal people and ethnic races throughout the world have developed their own culture, customs, cults, religious rites, taboos, totems, legends and myths, folk-fores and song, foods, medicinal practices, etc.
The intimate relationship between the human and plant world has evolved over generations of experience and practices. The tribal people and ethnic races throughout the world have developed their own…
The Unity Of The Mind - Or Not?
Let us take an Observer (O) who is sitting on a chair and in front of him is a table, upon which sits an apple. Now, if (O) decides to pick up the people, we can say that his ‘Mind’, his ‘Self’, his…
Death Of Man
For many the turbulence of life are inexplicable and profoundly frustrating our faith in goodwill. What is the essence of personal meaning in a world where human relations are becoming increasingly…
