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The Amount Of Space Junk Around Earth Has Hit A ‘Critical Density’ — And It Could Jeopardize Our Space Missions

“We’re at what we call a ‘critical density’ — where there are enough large objects in space that they will collide with one another and create...

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Gender

How Can We Encourage Girls To Study Computer Science?

Imagine a computer programmer. What does this person look like? What is this person doing? Is the person with anyone? What kinds of hobbies might he or she have? Chances ar...

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Sustainable Development

Tech As A Tool Of Social Change

Disruptive technologies like the Internet of Things and Big Data are also expected to continue to expand and become part of our everyday lives, says B.V.R. Mohan Reddy &nbs...

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Gender

Opening Up The World Of Robotics: ‘The Internet Of Toys’

The Hybrid Group is focusing on how to get everyone programming for the “internet of things” using open source technology. When I called up Evans, he explained ...

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Health

Novel Antibody That Efficiently Attacks HIV Virus

The researchers from California Institute of Technology have discovered a new antibody that can make it easier to detect and neutralize HIV virus in an infected patient. Pr...

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Thought Factory

Environment, Development And The Paradox Of Progress

The wisdom of ancients was cast in proverbial stone when the Atharva Veda extolled believers to worship the environment, and consequently immortalized the message of preser...

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Thought Factory

The Subdued Whispers Of Posterity In Fallout

The world stood still as J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb quoted from a passage of the Bhagvad Geeta where Krishna reveals himself to Arjuna “I ha...

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Thought Factory

Apathy, Waste And The Rhetoric Of Concern

Rafi Nagar, Deonar, Mumbai
April 2012

The auto-rickshaw stopped at the corner of the narrow road. A large mound of garbag...

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Your First Look At The Souped-Up, Siri-Powered Apple TV.

THE APPLE TV isn’t really about TV. It’s not even really about what it can do right now, or what it’ll be able to do when it launches in October (whi...

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Sustainable Development

Govt to Ask Flipkart, Amazon & Snapdeal To Sell Solar/Wind Powered Products

The government of late seems to be betting big on renewable sources of power. Just a few months back, Government approved Masayoshi Son’s Softbank to partner with Tai...

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