I, personally, have very little background in physics compared to most other scientists. I am fairly young, so I suppose that is to be expected. I still can't help but be perplexed with what seems to…

Apparently, for a week in 2006 the UK newspaper The Guardian gave away wallcharts (=posters) as a promotional gambit to drum up readership. It seems the charts were all nature-themed, with a strong…

For most of the last century archaeologists, anthropologists, linguists and even geneticists have argued about who the ancestors of Europeans living today were. People lived in Europe before and…

ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope has uncovered the first close-up of a white dwarf star, circling a companion star, that could explode into a particular kind of supernova. Well, in a few…

One of the biggest axioms of management is “what cannot be measured cannot be managed”.Unfortunately this is a truism that effects scientists as much as the rest of the world.  The latest trend…

It is strange analogy that since times immemorial Kattha was used along with Piper betle leaves by dance artists and visitors to the brothels, and rulers before indulgence. Were they knowing that…

  Scientific Name  Cassia fistula  Linn Family  Caesalpiniaceae     Used Part     Fruit –a part   Distribution Area   The tree occurring in…

Beneficial Biofuels: The Food, Energy and Environment Trilemma.   Dr. Ashwani Kumar Professor of Botany (Emeritus) Former Hon Director, Life Sciences and Head Department of…

Random Noise #17 : They Sure Fooled Me! Well, they sure fooled me! I like to think that I know a thing or two about science and engineering.  Quite apart from that, I have read enough court…

What is it that makes people want to live forever?  I suppose some of it might be fear of death (or at least the means by which it occurs).  Some of it might be that they just don't want to…

Probably not.  However, sometimes when I have too much to do, I actually get more done...  Scientist's in general seem to love to rant about how busy they are.  Especially to each…

It is obvious that life is filled with choices and we often go to great lengths to explore different possible outcomes or scenarios when attempting to make decisions.  However what is choice and…

One of the favorite themes in transhumanist discussions is considering the melding of human intellect with "machine intelligence" to arrive at superhuman abilities.   Right from the beginning we…

No matter how bad things get, there's always something trivial we can completely take out of its big picture context and blow up into something dramatic.   Mountains, molehills and all that.…

Food and Biofuel Production: New Challenges Ahead Energy is a crucial and vital ingredient for the modern development of economic activities of our society. It provides services for cooking, space…

It is estimated that biomass covers currently up to 15% of the world energy demand, almost 1/3 of all energy consumption in the Less-Developed Countries. This rate was over the last years rather…

Herbs and human health can never be separated. Medicinal plants are now in a "come back" phase with the last two decades seeing people shifting their focus back to the forgotten traditional natural…

My ancestors have used this plant for generations.  The fine qualities it has to offer us, is by far,  more than just a spice or seasoning.  but that is how I have been sharing it, for…

Man is going away from nature and many of the present day diseases are life style diseases. its is important to know more about the plants of our surroundings to which man as an evolved animal (sorry…

  Cassia sena Linn  ( C. senna Linn. var. senna syn. C. acutifolia  Delile; C.    angustifolia  Vahl; C. obovata  Baker Family  Fabaceae (Caesalpiniaceae…