Sunny day in the UK but I can’t be oblivious to what’s really happening around me: it’s raining neutrinos. It’s a deluge, in fact.

There are many ways one can paint a portrait of the brain: as an organ that evolved from the simple beginnings as a few neuronal tissues in worms to one of the most interconnected mass of tissues anywhere in the universe perched atop a primate body; as the center of consciousness that questions its own…

BBC has some reactions by Indians on the launch. One of them is from a fruit vendor Sheila who is quoted as saying: “I don’t think it is a good thing. I think this money could be used here for the poor. Look at how expensive things have become! If the money goes away from…

When we (self and wife) were in Atlanta, Ramya had a dental operation (to remove a painful inner tooth). I was waiting outside the operating room expecting her to come out holding her chin gingerly and saying, ga ma tut puld, and bravely smiling. Instead she came out on a wheelchair with her eyes closed…

BBC news report. ISRO press release here.

Destructive re-entry (planned) of Jules Verne ATV. [Click on the link for a must-see ESA Video] [via APOD]