Q: Why an airplane flying in the sky appears to be stationary at the same time while we are traveling in a vehicle?Krishna: Yes, when you are travelling in a car and suddenly look out the window and see a plane or planes stopping mid air, then it must have confused you because you never knew that…
Q: What is a three body problem?Krishna: I don't know about science fiction or movies that are made based on the theme, but I will tell you what it is based on science. Systems with two objects exerting gravitational force on one another, whether they're particles or stars and planets, are…
Recently I have seen an old lady teasing an young girl who became breathless after climbing up a few steps. "Look I am 78. But still I can climb steps with ease. I can go anywhere I want without any difficulty. I don't have joint pains like you people have. What are you eating? Rubbish! Ha,…
Soil Microbiology is the specialized subject I studied during my Post Graduation. I love it and it gives me great pleasure to write about it and let the world know its…
Q: Is DNA fire-proof?Krishna: Research has shown that DNA is flame retardant (1). Yes, DNA can be considered as a natural flame retardant and suppressant.NORMALLY, COTTON FABRICS are highly flammable. But when scientists tried to set fire to cotton coated with herring sperm DNA, …
Q: Dr. Krishna, can courts decide what is science and what is not? If they do,…
When ISRO ( Indian Space Research Organization) launched its Mars orbiter mission, this week, it caught the imagination of the whole world. Though India says its Mars mission is the cheapest inter-planetary mission ever to have been undertaken in half a century of space exploration, some are…
Several people ask me about the usefulness of space research. I have answered (1) some of their questions earlier. Now again I am going to show a few more.NASA has awarded the university of Colorado Boulder's BioServe Space Technologies a three-year grant to study the use of microgravity to grow…
For the first time in history, a single language dominates global scientific communication. But the actual production of knowledge continues to be a multilingual enterprise.The use of English as the norm poses challenges for scholars from regions where English is not widely spoken. They must decide…
Q: Does everyone in the world get affected by the full moon or only certain people?Krishna: Even when the moon appears to affect humans, it may not be the moon itself that…
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