|
|
 |
 |
| Silent
watchdogs |
| Surveillance technology is getting
ready to take on terrorists, writes Sovon Manna |
| Come Pujas and an array
of ‘Big Brothers’ will watch Calcuttans at one of the busiest spots
in the city: Metro Railway stations. Following the steps of their counterparts
in many other metropolises in the world, the underground railway authorities here
are putting up high-end surveillan... | Read.. |
| A
monumental folly |
| Fred Pearce is a leading
writer on environmental, developmental and demographic issues, and has reported
from 54 countries. He is a former news editor ... | Read.. |
|
| New
world under the Arctic |
| The world’s most inaccessible
stretch of ocean, deep beneath the Arctic ice cap, is teeming with far more life
than scientists had thought possib ... | Read.. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
| Talk
and search |
If you hadn’t noticed, Google is no longer just an Internet search tool;
it’s now a full-blown software company. It develops elegant, efficient software
programs ? and then gives them away. In today’s culture of cynicism, such
generosi ... | Read.. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| QED: Novels’ new horizon
|
British author Sebastian Faulks’ new novel Human Traces contains provocative ideas about how the mind works. In it, Faulks, a writer acclaimed for bestsellers like Birdsong and Charlotte Gray attempts to recreate the history
... | Read.. |
| Recommended:
Story of chasing stars and planets
|
Stargazer
Fred Watson
De Capo Press; $ 24.95... | Read.. |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
It’s hard not to wheedle. Your throat feels as if you’ve swallowed broken
glass, your sinuses have been clogged for a couple of days, you’re coughing
up green stuff and you’re slated to fly in a week. Never mind that your doctor
t ... | 
