The Scientific Indian

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) ...

Published on 23 August 2007: This is the first essay in the Science Essays 2007 series. Sunil has a PhD in Molecular Pharmacology. His present research has taken him into the innards of the biochemical mechanisms of metabolism. You can read more of Sunil's writing in his blog balancing life where he expertly balances his varied and colorful interests. In this essay Sunil invites you to hitchhike around this universe of knowledge with nothing but a towel and a toothbrush in your ...