Number of words: 652 Tank like devices called solar stills use the sun to evaporate dirty or salty water and condense the vapor into safe drinking water. But large, expensive stills can only produce enough water for a small family. Now, researchers have developed a new material that speeds the process of evaporation, enabling a … Read more

Number of words: 408 The novel, which is a form of social enquiry, and as such outside the Indian tradition, had come to India with the British. By the late 19 century, it had become established in Bengal, and then had spread. But it was only towards the end of the British period, in the … Read more

Number of words: 358 The genes are the immortals …[they] have an expectation of life that must be measured not in decades but in thousands and millions of years. In sexually reproducing species, the individual is too large too temporary a genetic unit to qualify as a significant unit of natural selection. The group of … Read more

Number of words: 507 Choosing a high-calorie indulgent dessert may lead you to pick up healthier main and side dishes, according to a study. The study, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, placed either a healthy or less healthy dessert (fresh fruit vs lemon cheesecake) at the beginning or end of a university cafeteria … Read more

Number of words: 463 Killer Snails makes educational games designed to spark interest in science among K-12 students. The startup was founded in 2015 by Mandë Holford, Jessica Ochoa Hendrix, and Lindsay Portnoy, who among them have decades of scientific research and teaching experience. From the outset, the partners knew the “play-break-fix” model would be … Read more

Number of words: 90 While primitive human spent many hours every day chewing raw meat, nuts, seeds, and roots, consuming 300 to 400 calories per hour, modern Americans bite, chew, chew, swallow, and glug entire meals in mere minutes. According to Deniel E. Lieberman, professor of biological anthropology at Harvard University, “the size of our … Read more

Number of words: 450 Then in 1829, came the railroad, a product truly without precedent, and it and it forever change economy, society and politics. In retrospect it is difficult to imagine why the invention of the railroad took so long. Rails to move carts had been around in coal mines for a very long … Read more

Number of words – 110 A girl told her friend she has had just become engaged to a travelling salesman. “Is he good looking?” asked the friend. “Look he would never stand out in a crowd.” “Does he have money?” continued the friend. “If he does, his won’t spend it.” “What about his bad habits, … Read more

Number of words – 8,746 Strange and impressive associations rise in the mind of a man from the New World who speaks before this august body in this ancient institution of learning. Before his eyes pass the shadows of mighty kings and war-like nobles, of great masters of law and theology; through the shining dust … Read more

Number of words – 592 Walmart was not the only retail establishment capable of offering low prices either. Price, has been already established, is a highly effective manipulation. But it alone does not inspire people to root for you and give you the undying loyalty needed to create a tipping point to grow to massive … Read more