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| Beam me up, Scotty! |
| Teleportation has now leaped out of science fiction into reality. One of the most important building blocks of future quantum communication, it promises to revolutionise computer networks. T.V. Jayan reports |
| Remember Star Trek — and Emory Erickson, the fictional inventor of the “teleporting” transporter' Well, Erickson had better look out, for a real-life counterpart threatens to upstage him. And while Danish physicist Eugene Polzik may not be “beaming up” people from one p... | Read.. |
| The lost world |
| Soaring above the rolling landscape of southern Venezuela is a lost world; the tall sandstone plateau of Mount Roraima, a flat-topped and almost inacc ... | Read.. |
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| Bits & Bytes |
| Email on the go |
 Mobile blogs instead of postcards are an excellent way to keep in touch with your near and dear ones when you are travelling ... | Read.. |
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| No-sneeze kitties |
| A California biotech company says it is ready to deliver the Holy Grail of the $35 billion pet industry: a hypoallergenic cat. Elisabeth Rosenthal reports... | Read.. |
| Reality Check |
| Microwave Ovens Kill Nutrients in Food... | Read.. |
| Recommended: How science became what it is |
Story of science
Joy Hakim S
mithsonian Books; $ 21.95... | Read.. |
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Why Corner |
| Why does the yolk of an egg solidify on boiling' |
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IF you think of your brain as a car, the sleekest, fastest machine you’ll ever own is a 20-year-old brain. It accelerates effortlessly and handles sharp turns with ease. It never stalls. ... | 
