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In other formats of cricket, there are options to review umpire decisions with the Umpire Decision Review System. File Photo: K. Murali Kumar
The Hindu In other formats of cricket, there are options to review umpire decisions with the Umpire Decision Review System. File Photo: K. Murali Kumar

To have Hawk-Eye or not, that’s the question

Contentious LBW decisions in the IPL are confined to speculation as the technology’s full potential remains untapped »
A major breakthrough: The emission of any light including laser can be explained by Bohr’s theory. Photo: K. Ramesh Babu

A historic model

It is 100 years since Niels Bohr developed the model of the atom that paved the way for many other inventions such as the transistor and the Laser »      1 comment

‘Not all BRCA1/2 mutations result in breast cancer’

“Genetic test for BRCA1/2 is not recommended as a screening test,” said Vani Parmar, Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Oncology at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai. “We don’t recommend it... »

Mars rover Opportunity examines rock altered by water

NASA’s Mars rover, Opportunity, has finished examining a fractured rock on the red planet intensely altered by water, providing evidence about a wet ancient environment possibly favourable for life. »

IDEAL: Zebrafish was chosen for the study as it generates a lot of egg cells and the gap before zygote activation is longer. Photo: Special Arrangement

Zebrafish: sperm ahead of egg to form any cell type

The study result is in complete variance with perceived belief »

Agriculture
MARKETING: A mall on the campus displays and markets the branded value added food products in their final marketing form, in attractive containers, packets and with labelling. Photo: Special Arrangement

A slew of strategies to enhance income in Kannur, Kerala

Enhancing income of farmers through value addition, product diversification, and entrepreneurship development have been the thrust areas of the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK)of Kannur district, Kerala agricultural University. »      1 comment

Citrus greening : a deadly fruit disease

A museum to showcase farmers’ innovations

Decline in area of cultivation to cut into farm production

Farmers’ suicide rates soar above the rest

More Agriculture »

Technology
TO RETAIN ATTENTION The landing page of a website should be attractive, informative and easily accessible

The world is a web

Face it. Today, you can’t do without a website — for business. Or, anything else. And, the worth of good design is so significant that there are even awards for the best ones »

The possibility of a ‘smart’ home

Innovation to the fore at Intel fair

Tech news

This world’s wide web

Facebook traffic plateaus but profit potential looks up

Indian origin students dominate Intel Fair in Phoenix

Technology in sleep mode

Panasonic re-enters mobile space

Gadgets
Star Trek
THE NEXT LEVEL

Set phasers to milk

Star Trek is a clever cash-in with a lot of shooting, some weird puzzles and weirder platforming »

Six appeal

Look at what’s got its ‘eye’ on you

Hackers find hole in Google Glass security

Science
THis 2008 photo shows a chunk of ice drifting after it separated from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf in Canada's far north. The sheet is the biggest piece shed by one of Canada's six ice shelves since the Ayles shelf broke loose in 2005 from the coast of Ellesmere, about 500 miles from the North Pole.

North Pole drifts east due to climate change

Atmospheric and terrestrial water storage changes have made only a “minor” contribution »

Junk DNA too is useful: scientists

Gonds’ wisdom on solar eclipse remains in residues

Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos

Internet
Illustration by Satwik Gade
AN ARMCHAIR WITH A VIEW

This world’s wide web

Have we become reluctant players in the Internet’s game of trust? »

Facebook traffic plateaus but profit potential looks up

Courage and creativity

Experts warn about new blackmail Trojans

LinkedIn now has 20 million users in India

No blanket ban on arrests for Facebook posts, says SC

Closures, trust issues plague Internet industry

Microsoft embraces a Google service for a change

German court orders changes to Google search hints

Power of information

Environment
Chitra Krishnaswamy explains the method of composting waste to students. Photo: M. Periasamy.

Tomatoes on the terrace

It is not so difficult to grow your own vegetables at home, says Chitra Krishnaswamy to Parshathy. J. Nath »

Biodiversity: Unloved love birds

Shocking betrayal on Western Ghats

Tree bay: Shoots and leaves

China approves environment assessment of ‘tallest dam’

Angioplasty saves life of 104-year-old

Doctors look to law for healing touch

The drug-diet question

Tomatoes on the terrace

The possibility of a ‘smart’ home

Tech news

Alcoholics who smoke risk faster brain aging

Confronting surgery

No takers for ‘amchur’

End water woes, farmers tell Collector