Ever since I came to UK I am overweight, and never had a clue to reason it. So, I used to accuse Dominos and McDonalds, poor fellows!!. But, I was of normal weight even if I was eating these guys back in India. Also, I saw couple of public awareness adverts from these food chains, … Continue reading Why Indians weigh less?
Tag: Science
They finally clicked big bang!
You told “earth is flat”, they told “it’s not”, you asked “prove it then” (and killed some of them); they told “hold on”. After some time they proved it. You told “earth centric”, they told “it’s not”, you asked “prove it then” (and killed some more of them); they told “hold on”. After some time … Continue reading They finally clicked big bang!
Circle of life
Guys, I am sharing this fantastic source of information(Zoom it to appreciate it) called tree of life, and guess what? you are free to download it for non-commercial and educational purposes. Make sure you give credit to authors, David M. Hillis and team. About this tree, in their words: This tree is from an analysis of small subunit rRNA … Continue reading Circle of life
My list of ten best documentaries
I highly recommend this set of ten documentaries. I rate all of them above 9.5/10. I know there are many more which may be as good as these; I just did not have a chance to watch them. Please feel free to recommend them to me. An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore. You already would … Continue reading My list of ten best documentaries
10 Public Intellectuals
The Top 100 Public Intellectuals Poll was conducted in November 2005 and June 2008 by Prospect Magazine (UK) and Foreign Policy (US) on the basis of responding readers' ballot. Noam Chomsky : American linguist, philosopher, libertarian socialist Umberto Eco : Italian medievalist, semiotician, philosopher, literary critic Richard Dawkins : English evolutionary biologist author Atheist Václav … Continue reading 10 Public Intellectuals
The Bach 