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 16:46 | 5/Mar/2008 |
| Amazing World of Amazon Fish | |
| New research shows that a number of fishes use electric fields to attract females of their species. It is also used to intimidate rivals. An Amazon fish has been taken as a case study. This research is undergone in Florida International University at Miami. Behavioral ecologist Vielka Salazar is undergoing research and published it is Live Sci...
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| 16:46 | 5/Mar/2008 |
| working memory | |
| It is all defect in working memory, which may explain why one child cannot read her history book and another gets lost in algebra. It is said that 10% of school age children suffer from poor working memory. The working memory is a measure of a child’s potential. Tracy Alloway is doing research in Durham University of Britain. Working memory is ...
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| 16:45 | 5/Mar/2008 |
| Adult at age eleven | |
| Childhood is the golden era in one’s life. A new research finds that our childhood effectively ends at age 11! The parents are increasingly succumbing to pester pressure from their kids. The researchers found that the children are forcing their parents to authorize freedoms that falsely state their years in contrast with traditional upbringings ...
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| 16:45 | 5/Mar/2008 |
| When virtual world friend comes in real ... | |
| I am a member of Orkut for a long time. I had good friendship with a man of 40s named Parthasarathi. He is a member of the popular Bengali band named Eklabya. He is an oncologist and lives in South Kolkata. We used to chat through Orkut. He has a French cut and is a handsome man as it appeared in website and as his profile told me he is an on...
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| 15:57 | 26/Feb/2008 |
| Measuring laughter | |
| Japanese scientists think that laughter is a weapon that in healthy doses can end the world’s wars. Professor Yoji Kimura is trying to find a healthy way to measure it. He is an expert in communications. He has developed a machine to chart out laughter and a unit called “aH” to calculate it. From his research, we find that children laugh more fr...
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| 15:57 | 26/Feb/2008 |
| Encyclopedia of life | |
| Scientists are going to release a Encyclopedia of Life that will have the record of all the animals and plants till date discovered. The project tries to add 1.8 million known plant and animal species. Each will have their own web page in an online archive that includes:Photographs.Genetic information.Distribution maps. In this week, 30,000 page...
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| 16:52 | 13/Jan/2008 |
| Smoking increase the risk of suicide | |
| We all know that smoking kills and it causes cancer. But do we know that smoking raises the risk of suicide. We often find people committing suicide due to depression, financial reasons, love triangle and many more. But a new study by the German researchers lead an in-depth study among the people of Bavaria. The study found a link between a d...
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| 16:51 | 13/Jan/2008 |
| Ten Ways to Avoid Smoking | |
| Ten ways to avoid smoking are as follows:Never imitate your friends who thinks that smoking makes your smart and manly.Never think that smoking boosts thinking. It reduces your thinking.Eat fruits rather than a packet of cigarette, which is beneficial to your body making your skin glow and leads to health improvement.Nurture a good hobby.Have a go...
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| 10:29 | 3/Jan/2008 |
| As life moves along | |
| As life moves along…Trouble may comeTrouble may goYou being firm as a tree..With deep roots of confidence…Can withstand the storms of life….Can withstand the cyclones of life..Near and dear ones may die..But never get broken calm..Calm down…We all are mortals…Only things remains..Are few drops of memory..You live in my mind…And I in your mind..We m...
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| 20:18 | 16/Dec/2007 |
| Nataraj Circus | |
| Today is Sunday..a pure fun day!! I went to see the circus called Nataraj Circus. The circus is wonderful and I got to see the show that lasted for 2 and half hours. It was in our Talapark. The circus was based in Kerala. The circus had shows at 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 7 a.m. I was quite happy to see the funny clowns and the wonderful trapeze show...
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