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| VOLUME 40 |
NUMBER 5 |
MAY 2003 |
CONTENTS
COVER STORY
Virtually real! 9
ARTICLES
Mercury’s Journey Across the Sun 28
Mushroom Magic 52
FICTION
Thicker Blood 42
Siddharth Pillai
COLUMNS
HEALTH: Community Noise—A Public Hazard 22
SCIPROJECT: Let’s Make a Thermometer 25
CAREER: Bioinformatics—Preparing for Tomorrow 26
PERSONALITY: Truly Universal—James Clerk Maxwell 45
BIOPROFILE: Precious Poppy 56
DEPARTMENTS
READERS WRITE 4
IN FOCUS 5
ENTERTAINMENT ARENA 16
SPECTRUM 18
FACT FILE
• Star Watch: Constellation Leo 31
• Ingenious Inventions: Calculating Wonder 32
• Herbal Healers: Astounding Aswagandha 33
• Safe Sanctuaries: Chilika—Haven for Birds 34
CROSSWORD 35
SKY CORNER 36
PUZZLE CORNER 40
DID YOU KNOW? 48
HOW? 50
WHY? 51
HUMOUR 60
QUIZ TIME 62
Vol. 40, May 2003, pp 9-15, 59
Kumar Ujjwal
Communication technologies had already shrunk the world. By further eliminating distance, Virtual Reality has opened up innumerable exciting possibilities. The article takes a look at this wonderful technology.
N. Ratnasree
The month of May is full of exciting events for the sky enthusiasts. The article details some of them.
Yash Gupta and S. Dayal
Mushrooms mean tasty meals, menace, money and medicine all in one. The article dwells on the qualities of these fungi.