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What an opposite – chill in US, sizzling in Aus

January 10, 2014 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Spectacular photo of Niagara freezing midway in its fall

So what is polar vortex? Until a week back few people would have heard of it. Now, and for days (perhaps years) to come, many people won’t forget the term.

Filed Under: News, Science Tagged With: old

Scientific superstitions – An observation of our mindset and education

February 17, 2010 By Partha Bhattacharya 2 Comments

For 2 days, I spent around couple of hours in front of him, watching the lack of incredulity of my fellow listeners. I didn’t observe a single person who tried to refute his model with logic! Instead, I watched most of them standing speechless in front of wrong reasoning and erroneous interpretation of certain well known scientific facts.

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Bengal’s combat with bird flu

January 25, 2008 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

There are reports that the occurrence of bird flu in Bengal was known in the first week of Jan, but the information was officially let out a week later. This lapse and the subsequent slow approach to limit the spread of the disease to other places are being thought to be lacking the urgency they […]

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30,000 centenarians in Japan

September 20, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

On 18th the Guinness Book of World Records presented a certificate to Tomoji Tanabe of Japan for being the oldest man on earth since January this year. He celebrated his 112th birthday on Tuesday. Tomoji heads the list of nearly 30,000 centenarians in Japan, the largest population of theirs in any one country. In the […]

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Mosquito menace

September 8, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

It’s that time of the year when the municipal authorities start rolling up sleeves to counter the menace of mosquito affected diseases. Monsoon is now on the last leg and when it withdraws and the accumulated waters start drying up, the mosquitoes find the conditions conducive to breed exceedingly fast. Indeed mosquitoes are a recurring […]

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India’s alcohol story

July 25, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Anything to do with liquids like wine, alcohol, spirit, etc does not find many takers in India. The average Indian considers them an evil that mankind can and should do without. Which is why India ranking 150th among 184 countries in consumption of alcohol listed in World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Status Report on Alcohol, […]

Filed Under: Science, What Else

Amartya Sen on industrial Bengal

July 24, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Prof Amartya Sen has done the ruling Left Front a big favor. In an interview given to Sambit Saha of The Telegraph, he has argued that ‘prohibiting the use of agricultural land for industries is ultimately self-defeating’. [Image source] This is a virtual endorsement of the LF’s pro-industry drive by one of the leading luminaries […]

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A whale of cemetery

July 5, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

Whales never cease to wonder. Back in April there was this story of a group of humpback whales that traveled 8000 km for 6 months to give birth to their calves. The story now is albeit a little different. According to a Reuters report (see the video below), a group of Chilean school students on […]

Filed Under: Science

East Kolkata Wetlands

June 30, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

It won’t be obscuring the truth that Kolkata’s survival depends on the vast wetlands to the east of the city, said to be the largest manmade wastewater recovery system in the world. It is the largest ensemble of sewage fed fishponds in the world in one place. The wetlands cover an area of about 125 […]

Filed Under: Cityscape, Science

A namesake gift

June 28, 2007 By Partha Bhattacharya Leave a Comment

What is common between Meghnad Saha and Meghnad Desai? I’m afraid there’s no prize for correct answer. For it is so obvious. There is however another common between the two stalwarts. It is the quest for pursuing knowledge. As per news report in Khaleej Times, Lord Meghnad Desai is so enamored by his namesake that […]

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