181 | Flipping it right
It’s sad that no scientist has figured out the physics of tossing `parotta’ (an Indian flatbread) into the air. The secret …
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180 / Diamonds Are for Bond
Back in 1971, the James Bond movie title ‘Diamonds Are Forever’ wouldn’t have occurred to anyone as notably significant. The well-known …
179 / The ultimate evolutionary innovation?
It was Eors Szathmary who likened language to an amoeba, and the human brain to the habitat in which it can …
178 / Comic strips aren’t ‘Hokum’
The theme of radiation is at the core of the comic strip dynamics. Marvel comics’ Incredible Hulk, a green-skinned monster, was …
177 / Are ‘couch potatoes’ born in the womb?
Pregnant women may take heed. Poor diet during the pregnancy may program their babies to become couch potatoes even before they …
176 / A baby’s body in a 30G collision
Imagine a young mother inside a fast car, holding a baby on her lap. The baby actually weighs 10 kg, but …