Vignettes from our natural world

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Cyber dystopia

Book>> The Filter Bubble, What the Internet is Hiding From You • by Eli Pariser • Penguin Books • US $25

Light information

Optic fibres enable transmission of information at the speed of light and without any interference

Information highway: questions of powerdrive

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: A DIALOGUE Edited by M S Swaminathan Publisher: Macmillan India Ltd Price: Rs 320

Computer screens edge books off the shelves

More and more libraries are incorporating computer networks in their effort to reach the entire world.

Teasing death

The trials run before introducing drugs into the market are peppered with death-inviting inaccuracies and even brazen lies

Culture on nature

THE OXFORD BOOK OF NATURE WRITING·Edited by Richard Mabey· Oxford University Press, Oxford · 1995

Handy phone

Soon it will be possible to receive a call or dial a number anywhere, anytime, on your wristwatch

Destination drive

The Japanese have come up with a new software that guides drivers about the best route to where they are headed, avoiding the traffic jams on way

It's on the air

The new high speed radio network is set to take over the UK. its cheaper and more convenient, but watch out for the aesthetics

Manna from the sky

You can now 'telecommute' for sustainable use of resources and take an 'edutainment' break! overseeing more than what an overseas aid by a …

The fifth force

The discovery of a previously unknown particle could revolutionise the concepts of classical physics

Whose wealth?

Out of the reach of the Indian user, indigenous information is allegedly being siphoned off in CD-ROM databases for the West's benefit

Chaos under control

"Bigger, better, faster, more" is a safe motto in data transfer techniques, as scientists try to process more information faster

Splash!

It was huge. And it was heading straight for Earth. Astronomers said the end was here. Frantic revisions of their calculations later showed that …

Spy in the sky

A few hundred dollars is all you need to "borrow" the services of world's first commercial spy satellite

Nature's whims and fancies

Early flowering of mango trees, rain constellations going haywire, disappearing nor'westers, shifting seasons - all these unusual phenomena can …

Mapping the subcontinent

In 2002, the Survey of India began a year-long programme which celebrated 200 years of the Great Trigonometrical Survey, a mammoth cross-country …

Website review: www.rainwaterharvesting.org

Summer is here and with it water wars at neighbourhood taps and tanker stops. To find a way out of scarcity, visit the Centre for Science and …

Do Globalise

Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate Author: Naomi Klein Editor: Debra Ann Levy Leftword Books October 2002

Virtual dystopia

Book>> Cyburbia, The Dangerous Idea That's Changing How We Live And Who We Are by James Harkin Hatchette India Rs 495

World peace, virtually

BOOK>> THE FACEBOOK EFFECT • by David Kirkpatrick, Simon and Schuster • Indian Price Rs 450

Biotech department asked to disclose GM test details

RTI rap for two officers

Rs 10,000 salary cut for delay in giving information  

Patna High Court restores the right of second appeal under RTI law

Orders amendment in state rule that was contrary to RTI Act