When Einstein Met Tagore
Source: Brainpickings by Maria Popova Collision and convergence in Truth and Beauty at the intersection of science and spirituality. EINSTEIN: Do you believe in the Divine as isolated from […]
Did Life's First Cells Evolve in Geothermal Pools?
Source: Scientific American Earth started as a violent place, its surface churned by continuous volcanic eruptions and cloaked in an atmosphere that would have been poisonous to today’s life-forms. Furthermore, the thin primeval atmosphere may have provided only scant protection from the young sun’s harsh ultraviolet glare. Given these inhospitable conditions, […]
Did Life’s First Cells Evolve in Geothermal Pools?
Source: Scientific American Earth started as a violent place, its surface churned by continuous volcanic eruptions and cloaked in an atmosphere that would have been poisonous to today’s life-forms. Furthermore, the thin primeval atmosphere may have provided only scant protection from the young sun’s harsh ultraviolet glare. Given these inhospitable conditions, […]
HIGGS BOSON AND DR. ABDUS SALAM
Source: Ibtidah By Aqeel Ahmed * There are four fundamental forces in nature, namely, electromagnetism, weak nuclear force, strong nuclear force and gravity. Electromagnetism can be observed in daily life experience. […]
France’s experimental fusion reactor would work like the sun
http://www.bbc.co.uk/emp/worldwide/player.swf The world’s most ambitious attempt to harness fusion as a source of power is taking shape in the south of France. Fusion is the process that drives the sun – atoms are forced together to release energy – and repeating it here on Earth could in theory offer an […]
Beyond the ‘left’ and ‘right’ brain – the science of spirituality and art
Vancouver Sun: ……………. Most of us have, at times, experienced the unusual state of spiritual or artistic awareness that many handily, but incorrectly, associate with the right brain. That state […]
A not-so-well-known discovery of Einstein: Mice are more intelligent than men!
because, Einstein is reported to have said: ‘Men invented the atomic bomb. Mice would not invent a mouse trap’.
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Learned A Lot About Spirituality In Space
The Huffington Post: During an emotional interview with NPR’s Terry Gross, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield opened up about his views on space, faith and our place in the universe. When […]
Your Ethnicity Determines the Species of Bacteria That Live in Your Mouth
Smithsonian.com – Only 8 species were present in every single participant’s mouth. “No two people were exactly alike. That’s truly a fingerprint. In recent years, scientists have found out all sorts of remarkable things about a group of creatures that are entirely invisible to the naked eye: the trillions of bacteria […]
Women ‘better at multitasking’ than men, study finds
BBC: It’s not a myth – women really are better than men at multitasking, at least in certain cases, a study says. Men were slower and less organised than women […]
Women 'better at multitasking' than men, study finds
BBC: It’s not a myth – women really are better than men at multitasking, at least in certain cases, a study says. Men were slower and less organised than women […]
Why Jews win so many Nobel prizes
Forget the genius genes or bookish culture hocus pocus. Jewish achievement in the sciences is a modern phenomenon, but the passions that drove it are now ebbing away. Haaretz, By […]
Regular bedtimes linked to better behaviour in kids
CTV News: – Most parents learn pretty quickly that an overtired child is an unruly child. Now, a new study finds that children’s behaviour problems might be linked not just to how much sleep they get, but whether they have a regular bedtime. New research published in the journal Pediatrics finds that […]
Amazing medical advances from Israel
The top 12 most amazing Israeli medical advances Israel is a powerhouse in medical innovation. We give you a dozen standouts from a field with many exciting, game-changing candidates. ApiFix […]
Low Testosterone and Heart Disease Linked—
But What’s Really Causing Them? • After age 30, a man’s testosterone levels begin to decline, and continue to do so as he ages, leading to symptoms • According […]
March against Genetically Modified Food
‘March against Monsanto’: Global movement plans 2nd protest RT: Joining six continents, 52 countries and over 500 cities, ‘March against Monsanto’ is planning its second mass rally Saturday against the […]
Israeli scientists awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The Jerusalem Post: 2013 Nobel Prize in chemistry to be awarded to Jewish-American scientists Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt, Arieh Warshel for work on multiscale models for complex systems; Levitt, Warshel […]
Ten things you may not know about the Higgs boson
Source: symmetry By: Kathryn Jepsen 1. Peter Higgs’ best-known paper on the new particle was initially rejected. But this was a blessing in disguise, since it led Higgs to add a […]
Nobelprize for Higgs – Higgs Boson! Dr Salam honoured in Germany – Repost
Prof Dr Tom Kibble of UK delivering his lecture in Bensheim Germany By Zubair Khan Photographie: Abdullah Adeel Pictures Land of pure, its leaders as well masses have shunned and vilified Dr. Salaam. Even Pakistan history has been mitigated to denounce this great man of the Pakistani soil. However still […]