Arctic Ice September 2010

Arctic Ice September 2010

Arctic Ice September 2010 As I write these words - September 01 2010 - Arctic sea ice extent as reported by NSIDC and JAXA is not as low as I had expected it to be. image source: http://nsidc.org/…
Ashwagandha roots and ageing

Ashwagandha roots and ageing

Ashwgandha (means the plant roots when harvested fresh smell like ashwa or horse ) ( Withania sominfera ) roots are given in dried and powdered form as capsule , powder etc and its is supposed to…
What Can You Do With A Million Z Bosons ?

What Can You Do With A Million Z Bosons ?

A new paper produced by the DZERO collaboration got me quite interested today, for several reasons. The analysis is based on a large data sample: over seven inverse femtobarns of proton-antiproton…
Nails And The Human Brain (Part 3)

Nails And The Human Brain (Part 3)

As promised, here's part three of the nails-in-the-brain trilogy. Only, while nails may be the brain-poking standby, they're not the only foreign bodies to be shot, shoved or stabbed into the human…
Plants going extinct is serious matter

Plants going extinct is serious matter

Out of 2.5 millions to 3.5 million plnats and microbe species ihabiting our earth all life depends hardly on 250 plants out of which only 40 are important. Out of this list only 10 plants make staple…