A tough ride for the elderly
Finding a seat on a crowded bus during peak travelling hours is difficult at the best of times, with passengers struggling to get room to sit. In such scenarios, the ones who are forced to bear the...
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Website blocker *While at work if you get frequently distracted by the internet here is a good tool to improve your focus. FocalFilter helps you to temporarily block distracting websites. After the...
View ArticleA tool for salvation, and also silliness
During Sandy's peak, Twitter was abuzz with activity, as tens of thousands of people turned to the microblogging service for alerts, updates and real-time reports and photographs of the storm. Trouble...
View ArticleFor best results, search smart
By this point in the internet era, everyone should know how to find information on the Web with a search engine like Google or Bing. Easy, right? Just type what you are looking for in the little...
View ArticleWindow to confusion
Microsoft has revamped its popular operating system to combine touch and type functions. But users are confused, says David Pogue Microsoft made interesting changes to its product portfolio recently....
View ArticleA hedge fund manager with the right friends
Raj Rajaratnam, a billionaire investor, once ran the Galleon group, which became one of the world's largest hedge funds. On May 11, 2011, he was found guilty of fraud and conspiracy, becoming the most...
View ArticleA deal forged with light sabres
Walt Disney Co's $4 billion deal to buy George Lucas' Lucasfilm Ltd, Disney's third major entertainment acquisition in seven years, started taking shape in May 2011, when the "Star Wars" creator had to...
View ArticleHow far will PC walk alone down the growth path?
P Chidambaram's anger with the Reserve Bank of India for not cutting interest rates that are hindering investment comes at a time when the country is facing twin problems of slow growth and high...
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Successful conferenceConcerts by both seasoned musicians and upcoming artistes, and academic sessions were held as part of the 44th music conference, organised by the Bangalore Gayana Samaja, last...
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Natural and the denaturedBorders and Boundaries', the just concluded painting exhibition of S Sham Sunder (Sumukha, October 13 to November 3), came after a long gap, the artist having been preoccupied...
View ArticleSize of infinity
High school Physics students memorise various units of measurement, from centimetres to kilometres, which will come of use in their later life. As the world rapidly glides into the digital era, they...
View ArticleCoyotes in the city: Good, bad or ugly?
A few decades ago, Wile E Coyote in hapless pursuit of Road Runner may have been the most readily conjured image of Canis latrans, the coyote, for most city dwellers. But increasingly, residents of...
View ArticleCat of nine lives? Not quite
A survey of fishing cat numbers in areas with high human density in West Bengal has revealed that the major reason for their decline is the degradation of wetland habitats. A cat that depends on...
View ArticleGlassy death traps
The instances of birds hitting the glass towers of Toronto, Canada's most populous city, are many. Every day, volunteers scour the streets of the financial district for dead birds in the predawn...
View ArticleWho injured the dino's head?
With domed heads and thick, bony skull protuberances, pachycephalosaurids are well known by seven-year-olds and palaeontologists alike. The dinosaurs are thought to have used their thick domes to...
View ArticleIt's in the genes, stupid!
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE Kevin Mitchell, a developmental neurogeneticist, proposes that instead of thinking about the genetics of intelligence, we should be trying to decode the genetics of stupidity. The...
View ArticleExciting find
The reported discovery of an earth-like planet orbiting our nearest stellar system at a 'spitting distance', as astronomers like Marcy have termed it, has revived a space flight to Alpha Centauri,...
View ArticleMiscellany
Fresh from Gundlupet's farmsFarmers in Gundlupet taluk are known to eke out a living by selling vegetables along Kerala's border. Vegetables raised by these growers attract a chunk of customers from...
View ArticleSublime art at Hosaholalu
The Lakshminarayana temple at Hosaholalu is a treat to the eye. A fine example of Hoysala architecture, Hosaholalu's temple is a must-visit, writes M S DwarakinathThe State is known for its rich...
View ArticleThis cave holds many secrets
Chandravalli, a cave temple near Chitradurga, is also a pre-historic site. Amrith Jogi visits the cave temple and is spellbound by the many secrets it holds.We were sitting 80 feet below ground level...
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