Science Reporter - August 2014 (gnv64)

Science Reporter - August 2014 (no ads)
NISCAIR | ISSN :0036-8512 | PDF | 64 pages (with ads) | 22.5 mb
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/29258
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COVER STORY
- ARE YOU A TECH ADDICT? P 12
UJWALA KARMARKAR
It’s time to get a hold on yourself and unplug before you succumb to tech addiction.

ARTICLES
- CHARLES DARWIN - THE GALAPAGOS AND EVOLUTION
K. VENKATARAMAN
In the Galapagos Islands Darwin propounded his theory of natural selection in evolution .
- YAR TSA GUMBA - NEGLECTED FUNGUS MARCHING TOWARDS EXTINCTION
DIPANJAN GHOSH AND SREEPARNA GHOSH
Yar Tsa Gumba is a very costly and rarely occurring fungus on the brink of exnction from its natural abodes in India.
- INDIA'S RESEARCH SHIPS - FEATURES AND FUTURE
D. RAJASEKHAR, D. NARENDRAKUMAR, P.S. DEEPAKSANKAR, ANANTHAKRISHNA, K. RAMASUNDARAM, N. RAVI
Indian research ships today are at par with their internaonal counterparts.
- THE BEST TEAM AT IPL 2014 AND EPL 2013-2014
GANGAN PRATHAP
Review of the results of IPL-7 2014, using an improved understanding.
- THE UNSUNG SCIENTIST-RAM BRAHMA SANYAL
SHAKUNT PANDEY

SHORT FEATURES
- SCIENTIFIC TERMINOLOGY IN COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENTS by MAHENDRA SINGH & KULDEEP BAUDDH
- IMPORTED PLIGHT-INVASIVE ALIEN WEEDS OF INDIA by RIDDHI DATTA
REPORT
- SCIENCE MEETS PUBLIC- BRIDGING THE GAP by HASAN JAWAID KHAN
FICTION
- TRIPLE JEOPARDY by AADI SHARMA

DEPARTMENTS
REACTIONS 6
EDITORIAL 7
SPECTRUM 8
PUZZLE CORNER 50
ANIMAL BYTES 52
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE 56
FUN QUIZ 58
WHAT'S NEW 60
CROSSWORD 61