To boldly go where Man is poised to go! C Sivaram recounts the space odyssey that began 50 years ago with the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit earth.
Solar energy from balloons Electricity from Balloons? Tough as it is to believe, that is what Dr. Pini Gurfil of Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, has developed.
Lessons from ozone story to apply to the climate tragedy In 1985, scientists studying the air over Antarctica stumbled on a gaping breach in the billion-year-old atmospheric radiation shield that makes Earth's surface habitable.
Searching through the traffic snarl Bad roads. Unruly traffic. Nil pedestrian spaces. All that can be changed if we care. Suman Neethipudi draws up a vision chart for a Bangalore we can all be proud of. Are the residents ready?
India set to take the Leed in going green Green buildings are not necessarily costly as the Gulbarga Police Bhavan proves. Jayalakshmi K reports from the Green Buildings Congress 2007 held in Chennai last week.
The State government has proposed a ban on the use of cellphones by schoolchildren saying that it would affect their mental and physical growth. Is the government justified? Deccan Herald had invited readers to send their responses.
Most readers opine that the ban is a wise move since the use of cell phones has affected the health and academic performances of students. Others argue that these gadgets are quintessential to this globalised world.
