Category Archive
The following is a list of all entries from the Science category.
Hacking Happiness
Filed in Science, June 5, 2011, 4:49 pm by SukumarTweetProlog Priya Raju had written 2 wonderful posts on Happiness Quotient part 1 and part 2. It may be worth your while to read them both, before reading this post. Upside of Irrrationality I wanted to add another dimension to the topic based on some recent learnings from Dan Ariely’s brilliant book Upside of Irrationality […]
The Truth About Meditation
Filed in Science, April 9, 2011, 8:43 am by Priya RajuTweetVery many logical fallacies are mentioned in this post. For a description of these and other fallacies, please see this link. Whenever I talk about breathing exercises, I refer to Pranayama, an integral part of Meditation, without which the benefits of meditation will be even less. – Author. Author: You know, I’ve been thinking about […]
Why Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s concept of ‘scientific temper’ is very critical to the future of our children?
Filed in General Interest,Science, November 13, 2009, 12:01 am by Abdul FakhriTweetThe future belongs to science and those who make friends with science. – Jawaharlal Nehru Nehru’s birthday, November 14, as we all know, is celebrated as Children’s Day every year in India. On this occasion, it is appropriate to pay tribute to a formative leader of India who illuminated a lot during his lifetime and […]
Learning and the Aha Moment
Filed in Management,Science, September 2, 2009, 10:04 pm by SukumarTweetFTOTW [Fine Tastings of the Week] Dina talks about a wonderful innovation from Nokia that could have a major impact on rural India. A brilliant 4.5 min video on how to find and pursue your passion by Randy Komisar (via @athick2) [Flashback – can passion can be taught? ]. Prolog Today, thanks to a friend, […]
Why American kids don’t take up science & technology careers?
Filed in Science,Technology,Unsung Blogger.., May 1, 2009, 5:12 pm by SukumarTweetUpdated 2 May 2009: Received some wisdom from twitterers – @Shogun1947 @priyraju @akumaran Prolog On my internal to company blog i had introduced a new idea a few months back – in the prolog section of every blog post, i provide a link to interesting posts i had read that week. To my surprise, this […]
