The Scientific Indian

[An X-ray diffraction image of Rhinovirus gingerly placed by the author on his five month old daughter's towel. Materials from: Protein Data Bank and daughter's wardrobe]

by Selva. Published on Jan 15, 2008:
"There were nights when the Moon was full and very, very low, and the tide was so high that the Moon missed a ducking in the sea by a hair's-breadth; well, let's say a few yards anyway. Climb up on the Moon? Of course we did. All you had to do was row out to it in a boat and, when you were underneath, prop a ladder against her and scramble up" - The distance of the moon, Italo Calvino, Cosmicomics (1968)
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by Selva. 27 Dec, 2007.

Measuring the world is a novel by the young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann who has been hailed as one of the most promising new generation of writers. This novel is the first of his to be translated into english (by Carol Brown Janeway) and has become an international sensation. ...

If a pacifist bunch of aliens land on earth and offer us all the details of the past, what would be the consequences? What, in particular, would believers feel - threatened or elated? Would humans be mature enough to handle the truth? How would religion affect what could possibly be the greatest event in human ...

Life is complex, especially if you are a woman and have a baby to take care of. What does the future have in store for childcare? In the increasingly commercial world, technology would surely offer a solution - perhaps, a robotic Nanny. What are the consequences of letting the market and technology care for your child? Would our innate love for our children assert its ...

A Blade Runner future, but with a twist. Original humans are the underclass, the artificially evolved enhanced humans want to get rid of the archaic humans and their ways. A story about one homo sapiens' quest for a place in an hostile world. Author Shantala weaves a mildly humorous and fast paced ...

by Selva. Published on 24 Sep 2007:“An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one. At week-ends an Englishman queues up at the bus-stop, travels out to Richmond, queues up for a boat, then queues up for tea, then queues up for ice cream, then joins a few more odd queues just for the sake of the fun of it.”-George Mikes, How to be an Alien (1946) ...