What must it have felt like to be a cotton spinner or an iron maker in England in the 1820s in the midst of an industrial revolution? Exactly 200 years…
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By Leslie D’Monte A quieter, cleaner future is not that far away, with more automobile buyers gradually taking to electric vehicles. Despited their limited driving range, electric vehicles can successfully…
By Leslie D’MonteHumans may share genes with lower organisms but they do not share the miraculous ability to regenerate form and function of almost any tissue after injury the way…
By Leslie D’Monte It’s hard to resist the idea of owning a cloak that could make you invisible. But is this really possible? Harry Potter-like invisibility cloaks have always eluded…
By Leslie D’Monte Love it, envy it, or hate it but immortality as a concept is no stranger to human beings. Called it nectar in English, or amrita in Sanskrit,…
By Leslie D’Monte Pokémon Go, a free location-based augmented reality (AR) mobile game for iOS and Android smartphone users, has taken both the virtual and real world by storm like…
Whether Jesus walked on water or not is a leap of faith. But there are small living creatures that take advantage of the water’s surface tension to work their way…
On 5 October 2013, over 500 adults participated in an experiment by neuroscientists at an arts festival in Canada, aimed at exploring the ability of humans to rapidly learn to…
Ever wondered if you have a doppleganger on this planet? Perhaps a clone? Just a look-alike, or maybe even a real twin? While science takes the DNA route to resolve…
The day scientists make it possible for human beings to live on the Moon, or Mars for that matter, they will need to provide shelter too. With this in mind,…