It was a pleasant summer evening in July. The date was 21 July and the year read 1969. The clock had ran past 4 (Eastern Daylight Time) and the people on Earth were glued to their television sets, watching with enthusiasm, the black-and-white telecast of humans landing on Moon.

After a hectic day at work, when nothing in the world looks more appealing than the comfort of the faithful bed and pillow waiting patiently for our return, I deliberated the level of my hunger, and finally gave in to my baser instincts to stop at this homely dinner joint with my friend, to quieten our groaning stomachs.

While India hasn’t achieved many laurels at the Olympics yet, an Indian scientist based in Allahabad bagged the biggest prize in the world of physics. Not your usual piece of news! We have heard about Indians based abroad receiving prizes in science and other fields, but seldom do we hear about a scientist based in a small town in the heart of India getting the biggest prize in the world of physics.

“Fifty years hence, we shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium”, said Winston Churchill in the 1930s.

According to NIAID Director Anthony S Fauci, “This new finding convincingly demonstrates that treating the infected individual and doing so sooner rather than later can have a major impact on reducing HIV transmission”.

ASAM’s past president, Dr. Michael Miller, stated, “At its core, addiction isn’t just a social problem or a moral problem or a criminal problem. It’s a brain problem whose behaviors manifest in all these other areas. Many behaviors driven by addiction are real problems and sometimes criminal acts. But the disease is about brains, not drugs.

About 750 scientists across 22 countries are housed 4,200 feet below the Earth’s surface. Daily, they take part in the study of cosmic particles and its relation to physics. They are there tinkering with the Large Haydron Collider, in hopes of delving deeper into the universe and making sense of subatomic particles and mass.

“Between the Planets” was originally published as a series in “Blue Book” magazine in 1951 under the title, “Planets in Combat” and was serialized in “Boys’ Life” magazine in 1978 as a monthly cartoon series. Scribner published the hardcover version in 1951.

The tablet has been designed primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. It’ll soon be manufactured in India as a low-cost device for urban, college students as an attempt to help them gain access to digital media.

This is how Apple has made itself most valuable brand in the
world. For the Apple marketing team, its not about “need” or “use”, its about
EGO ! Of course, there’s the quality and monolithic design, but not everything
pretty & high-tech gets sold. Motorola is the perfect example of such
designs. They had brilliant phones, modern designs but they didn’t have Steve
Jobs.