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November 22, 2009

TheScian SF Contest 2009 Results

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Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all the participants. The stories will go online at TheScian.com within a few days. First prize - "Stalker" by Shuchikar (author's penname) Second prize - "On board the Ark" by Ankit Bhardwaj Third...

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November 20, 2009

Dr. M. S. Swaminathan on drought in India

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My father recalled sometime back the terrible drought that happened when he was a child: since the grains were running low, my grandfather would go out and dig tubers from surrounding fields, my grandmother would make something out of it...

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November 18, 2009

Pranav Mistry's SixthSense

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at TEDIndia. Astonishing vision and execution....

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Bible and blood in my backyard

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I often go to a small woods near our home in Amersham with my daughter. Recently, I came to know a bit of history about the place that gave me a rude awakening and bought home the evil that pervaded...

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November 15, 2009

TheScian SF Contest Results on 22nd

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Folks, the SF contest results will be delayed by a week. Unforeseen travel has intervened. I'll get the results out next Sunday, 22 Nov....

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November 13, 2009

If your parents don't like Ubuntu

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I loathe tech support so I switched my parents to Ubuntu a while ago. But, you may not be so lucky. Your parents may not like Ubuntu. I can't imagine why they wouldn't, but, if they don't and they must...

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November 8, 2009

Entangled Reality

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Read an interesting interview with Roger Penrose at Discover Magazine. Found this part fascinating: So Schrödinger himself never believed that the cat analogy reflected the nature of reality? Oh yes, I think he was pointing this out. I mean, look...

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November 7, 2009

A matter of Life and er... Matter

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As I was stuffing my face today, I wondered if the Universe cared. The short answer is no. The slightly longer and more depressing answer is: my existence is more marginal than a speck of stray DNA on a grain...

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November 2, 2009

Things Fall Apart, in India

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So, I am in India for a short trip and was in Coimbatore yesterday. A truck almost collided with the autorickshaw (three-person tincan with an engine strapped on) I was riding in, then a bus gently nudged me as I...

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