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| Heading
for the Moon |
| India’s lunar mission is poised
to solve the mystery of the moon’s origin and evolution, says Prasun Chaudhuri |
| Lunar exploration is undergoing
something of a renaissance in space research. The recent success of the European
Space Agency’s Smart-1 mission, a renewed interest in the US in returning
astronauts to the moon and promising ventures by space-faring nations like India,
China and Japan have put lunar science back in the limelight. “The interest
in the moon signifies its scientific importance as a recorder of events in the
early solar system that may not be preserved anywhere else,” says Manuel
Grande, group leader, Planets and Space Plasma Group, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
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| Fast forward to cartoon reality |
| Lift up the bonnets of
these cars and you glimpse the border between the real and the virtual, where
computer animators are increasingly trying to capture the scientific essence of
the way the world works to bring their synthetic creations to life ... |
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| On
the brink of the future |
The great myth of new media is that they take us into the future. It’s a
good selling point, of course. Blogs have begun to transform journalism, and newspapers
will increasingly exist online in ways they never have before. Podcasting is indeed
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AIDS widows |
The world came crashing for Tanu when her husband died three years ago. Only then
did she come to know of the scourge called AIDS, which had claimed her husband.
Says the 24-year-old widow: “I was bewildered when the doctors advised me
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| Infertility
? it’s the men |
| There has been a sharp increase in
the number of male infertility cases in Calcutta, says Shabina Akhtar ... |
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| Love
handles |
| Calculate, diet and exercise to do
away with those few extra kilos. Dr Gita Mathai ... | Read.. |
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| Our
closest cousins |
 Last
week on the BBC World Service, I exchanged monologues with a Member of the European
Parliament (debate unfortunately proved impossible). David Hammerstein is a Spanish
Green who supports a Bill to accord rights to chimpanzees on the grounds that
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| Recommended:
Catastrophic climate change
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THE WEATHER
MAKER
Tim Flannery
Recorded Books; $ 34.99 ... | Read.. |
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