Monday, April 18, 2016

Memory and sleep

We Can Phase Out Fossil Fuels Within a Decade


As we stare down the barrel of a world totally transformed (read: destroyed) by climate change in the not-so-distant future, a lot of the brightest minds around the world are spending a good deal of time trying to figure out how to mitigate its effects. Considering that fossil fuel use is the pri...

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Sunday, April 17, 2016

The Carpenters - Top Of The World

Facets of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 3: COLOMBO STREETS
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Painting Adventures in Sri Lanka Simonne De Visscher

Ravana


Ravana is the mythical multi-headed demon-king of Lanka in Hindu mythology. With ten heads and twenty arms, Ravana could change into any form he wished. Representing the very essence of evil, he …


PS
The mythical origin of the inhabitants of Sri Lanka from King Ravana's time, is now gaining much popularity here.
Philip G V.

What Common Pesticides Can Do to Brains


For defense against the fungal pathogens that attack crops—think the blight that bedeviled Irish potato fields in the 19th century—farmers turn to fungicides. They're widely sprayed on fruit, vegetable, and nut crops, and in the past decade, they've become quite common in the corn and soybean fie...

Kate and William in Bhutan