Number of words: 5,423 I am here to speak on a subject that has been rankling me greatly for the past several months, and I am sure, many of you too: that of the accountability of judges. The immediate trigger for my selecting this subject was, of course, the allegations made by a former employee … Read more
Number of words: 423 A recent discovery revealed that pain-sensing nerves help fight skin infections and prevent its spread, suggesting a new type of immunity. “These pain-sensing nerves can detect pathogens, and for the first time, we’ve shown that they activate an immune response and also signal protective immunity in sites adjacent to the infection. … Read more
Number of words: 487 The Central Railway (CR) has come up with a novel idea to prevent people from crossing the tracks – greasing the fences that separate the tracks at railway platforms. CR began installing fencing between the tracks at its stations, and claims no trespassing deaths have been reported at Dadar station since … Read more
Number of words: 359 Grape plants bear fruits having colours that can be deep purple or green. This colour is due to compounds called anthocyanins and flavonols, both of which are present in grape fruits.When the grape plant has a high amount of anthocyanin as compared to flavonol, the fruits are deep purple. When the … Read more
Number of words: 384 The household energy bills of India’s poorest city dwellers is likely to rise, posing a threat to India’s energy security due to a series of factors that lead to their greater use of electrical appliances, a new study by experts at the University of Cambridge and IIT Bombay says.The study exploring … Read more
Number of words: 359 US scientists have developed a highly compact and portable camera that can capture polarised light, help in study atmospheric chemistry and used to detect camouflaged objects.Polarisation, the direction in which light vibrates, is invisible to the human eye (but visible to some species of shrimp and insects). But it provides a … Read more
Number of words: 2,216 During the 2012 presidential election, there occurred one of those remarkably rare moments when campaign rhetoric actually clarified a large issue. It happened when Barak Obama, speaking without a written text, spoke from his heart and revealed his mind: “Look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. … Read more
Number of words: 1,058 The entrance to the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Systems Center is busy and confusing. Based on how much the soldier at the gate my Uber driver and I pulled up to was shouting at us, we were not doing a great job of navigating that entrance. But after a few phone … Read more
Number of words: 1,637 Solar energy is crucial to many futures. On the micro level, there’s a booming solar industry in America and across the globe. Since Congress passed a tax credit in 2006, the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) says that the industry has been averaging an annual growth rate of 50 percent in … Read more
Number of words: 1,101 We’re quite familiar with how matter behaves. For example, you intuitively know how hard you need to bounce a ball on the floor to allow it to jump over a barrier. But we don’t have the same kind of handle on subatomic particles. If you need an electron to cross a … Read more
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