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India Ascendant: Gravity’s grasp versus poverty’s clasp

Santosh Miskin   Nov 17, 2003   interacts: 29

On August 15th 2003, Prime Minister Vajpayee announced - “Our country is now ready to fly high in the field of science. I am pleased

Limitations of Science

Mohammad Gill   Apr 23, 2004   interacts: 9

Science does not have answers to all the questions ... Religion may not be true in every thing ... we need other things to have

Quantum Computer - New Technology for the New Century

Mohammad Gill   Apr 4, 2004   interacts: 17

The quantum logic is different from the classical logic. The Schrodinger cat can be dead, alive, or dead and alive at the same time........

Abdus Salam

Jogesh Pati   Jan 12, 1998   interacts: 4

Salam’s proposal met with great resistance, with one delegate from a developed nation saying, ’Theoretical physics is the Rolls-Royce of sciences - the developing countries

The Science Performer

Rinku Dutta   Jul 17, 2006   interacts: 2

Hooking people, especially children, on to science, is Arvind Gupta’s game. And he has mastered it well. For 25+ years he has been practicing activity-based

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism

Mohammad Gill   Oct 4, 2005   interacts: 13

In the mean time, a new theory of intelligent design, which I call intelligent design II, has sprouted. The creator

Age of the Earth and Its Measures

Mohammad Gill   Jun 8, 2005   interacts: 21

As a footnote, I started this essay with an ayat from the Quran, which enjoined people to study the signs of God. Ironically, it is

Is Physical Science Socially Constructed?

Mohammad Gill   Feb 21, 2004   interacts: 49

Physical science has its own methodology and tests of verification and validation.

Ultimate Fate of the Universe

mubasher jamil   Sep 16, 2007   interacts: 7

Observations of the supernova carried out by two groups in 1999, showed clearly that the universe was not only expanding but undergoing in a wild

Where in the Brain is the Mind

Saad Shafqat   Feb 14, 1998   interacts: 14

The author, who has a background in neuroscience, tries to grapplewith the question of what makes us aware of our own existence.

Life on Earth: Chance or Deliberate. A Reply

Salman Hameed   May 20, 2000   interacts: 27

The fact that we have survived in our universe does not mean that we are the sole purpose of the universe.

Is “Strings” a Dud Theory?

Mohammad Gill   Feb 1, 2007   interacts: 110

String theory is criticized by its critics mainly because they claim that it doesn’t make any testable predictions. The few predictions that it does make

Hypnotherapy: Mind-Body Interactions

Rabab Zehra   Mar 30, 2008   interacts: 7

Imagine thinking yourself to better health. Dating back from 2600 BC this concept of inducing oneself to an alternative state of mind, has evolved through

Dr Abdus Salam - The ’Mystic’ scientist

Zainab Mahmood   Nov 26, 2004   interacts: 151

Dr Salam won the Nobel Prize in Physics 1979 for his research in “Grand unification theory”. This theory was

Prize and Prejudice

Mohammad Gill   Mar 10, 2005   interacts: 23

According to Helge Kragh (2), “Until 1922, Einstein had been nominated no fewer than 62 times, and only one of the nominations mentioned the photoelectric

What Should be the Top-10 S&T Policy Priorities for Pakistan?

Athar Osama   Jun 28, 2004   interacts: 4

It is critical that we build upon these successes of the past few years to create a more permanent and sustainable foundation of technology-led growth

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