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VOLUME 40 |
NUMBER 1 |
JANUARY 2003 |
CONTENTS
COVER STORY
Flying High Hundred Years of Aviation 9
Sukanya Datta, Parvinder Chawla, Hasan Jawaid Khan & B. C. Sharma
ARTICLES
Aerial Warfare 16
Diabetes Can Damage Your Eyes 53
COLUMNS
PERSONALITY: The Wright Brothers — Reaching for the Skies 20
HEALTH: Think Zinc 42
BIOPROFILES: Behold, the Bamboo 56
DEPARTMENTS
READERS WRITE 4
IN FOCUS 5
SPECTRUM 24
HUMOUR 28
FACT FILE
• Star Watch: Constellation Aries 31
• Ingenious Inventions: Traffic Light 32
• Herbal Healers: Amazing Aloe 33
• Safe Sanctuaries: Dachigam National Park 34
CROSSWORD 35
SKY CORNER 36
PUZZLE CORNER 40
SCIENCE NEWS 47
DID YOU KNOW? 48
HOW? 50
WHY? 51
ENTERTAINMENT ARENA 52
QUIZ TIME 62
Vol. 40, January 2003, pp 9-15, 44-46
Sukanya Datta, Parvinder Chawla, Hasan Jawaid Khan & B. C. Sharma
It was ingenuity and perseverance that helped humans master the art of flying. This article takes you on a flight, back in time, traversing through a century replete with historic advances and landmark achievements in the field of aviation.
Vol. 40, January 2003, pp 16-19
K. V. Gopalakrishnan
Warfare has acquired a new dimension with the incredible advances in aerial firepower. The article discusses how high performance aircrafts and electronically guided bombs and missiles have changed the complexion of modern warfare.
Lalit Verma & Gunjan Prakash
A diabetic is 25 more times more likely to be afflicted with vision damage than any other member of the population. The article deals with the symptoms of diabetic eye disease and the precautions one needs to take to prevent large-scale damage to the eyes.