The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century pitched a swath of Asia into near-darkness after dawn, as millions watched the once-in-a-lifetime phenomenon Wednesday. A woman was killed in a stampede at the Ganges river in India, where devout Hindus had gathered for the eclipse.

Millions of others, gripped by fear, shuttered themselves indoors. India abounds in superstitions and fables based on Hindu mythology, one of which says an eclipse is caused when a dragon-demon swallows the sun, while another myth is that sun rays during an eclipse can harm unborn children.Read more

Don’t be too surprised if you witness night-like effect in daytime on July 22. One of the longest duration solar eclipses of the
People pray during the solar eclipse. One of the longest duration solar eclipses of the century is all set to visit India on Wednesday. (TOI File Photo)
century is all set to visit India on Wednesday and is expected to last for 6 minutes and 44 seconds. The previous such eclipse had lasted 6 minutes, 51 seconds on July 11, 1991. The rare spectacle is one to watch for as a similar eclipse will not be visible in one’s lifetime. The long-duration eclipse will only visit India again after 123 years. Read the rest of this entry »

We keep being told to let our minds rule our bodies; that we should not let small aches and pain bother us. This is called the mind over matter concept and the theory goes that what we feel physically can be controlled mentally.

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Dr. S.K.Razdan and S.Hazra, the two scientists have challenged Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and have also shown where he went wrong about the theories on the Nature of Light. They have demanded that the government should recognise their work. Read the rest of this entry »

A leading seismologist has said that Kashmir could face more deadly earthquakes of far greater magnitude in the next 50 years, compared to the recent quake that killed more than 73000 people in PoK and around 1500 in Jammu and Kashmir. Read the rest of this entry »

A recent study has said that global warming caused by greenhouse gases can lead to drastic climatological, biological and other important changes around the world. Read the rest of this entry »

Laughter is of two types - genuine and artificial- states a new study published in the current Quarterly Review of Biology. Read the rest of this entry »

The noise emitted by airplanes sounds as if it is coming from the engine, but it is basically airflow over the plane’s wings, flaps and landing gear, according to University of Florida researchers. Read the rest of this entry »

A new study published in the recent issue of the Astronomical Journal has found that more than half of the largest galaxies in the nearby universe have collided and merged with another galaxy in the past two billion years. Read the rest of this entry »