What do you call a 100m tall living thing having not only historic importance because it is almost 400-500 years old but also plays a remarkable ecological role?? A Giant Redwood Tree. The first record of the Redwood was written by Fray Juan Crespi in 1769. Its botanical discoverer was…

‘E-waste’ refers to electronic waste and encompasses obsolete electronic devices. It is estimated that e-waste generated in India accounts for over $1.5 billion. This if recycled and reclaimed has the potential to generate $ 8 billion worth of economic activity. It would also go a long way in keeping our environment clean . . .

Disorders in the immune system can cause disease. Immunodeficiency diseases occur when the immune system is less active than normal, resulting in recurring and life-threatening infections. Today’s generation relies primarily on fast food.The only way to build your immunity is by having nutritious food . . .

“Animator is an actor with a pencil”, goes the oldest and truest animation cliché. Animation is the rapid display of successive frames of still images and text that appears to be animated due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision. Human eye retains the impression of an image up to 1/16th of a…

Almost every time you open a newspaper nowadays, the world’s ecology seems to be taking a turn for the worse. Icebergs are breaking off in Antarctica, glaciers and polar ice caps are melting, there is more rain in some parts of the world, less rain in other parts and a whole host of hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones running amok…

In a breakthrough discovery, scientists believe they have traced the origin of high energy cosmic rays to massive extra galactic black holes. During the two year long experiment, 300 scientists from across the world gathered to observe the cosmic rays and solve a century long mystery, only to take the study of the universe to a new level…

Ever looked up at the night sky? With so many stars in the universe, it is difficult to understand why there can’t be another planet like Earth that supports life. With the discovery of the ‘mini Saturn’ the day when we pack our bags for a new Earth, is not far, in terms of time i mean, distance might just be another story…

Are you in love? And have you ever tried to ask yourself whether love has become an addiction? Scientists are discovering that the same chemical process that takes place with addiction actually takes place when we fall in love. Love is, infact, a chemical state of mind that is a part of our genes…

Artificial Intelligence, commonly abbreviated as ‘AI’, is the science and engineering of making intelligent systems that perceives its environment and then performs actions accordingly. These types of machines/systems possess synthetic intelligence and are programmed to respond to, and handle various situations. Such machines possess an embedded . . .

A recent test conducted by the environmental organization Greenpeace International has declared that Apple’s iPhone contains hazardous chemicals that can endanger human health. Environment.
Greenpeace scientists have claimed that they found two types of hazardous substances in the iPhone that have already been eliminated by other mobile . . .