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VOLUME 41 |
NUMBER 9 |
SEPTEMBER 2004 |
CONTENTS
COVER STORY |
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Cheers To Natural `Decaf’ Coffee! |
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ARTICLES |
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Science Behind Badminton |
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Fighting Malaria |
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FICTION |
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Mystery of the Missing Meteorite Sonia Bhattachrayya |
38 |
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COLUMNS |
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HEALTH: Wonders of Vitamin E |
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BOOKSHELF |
46 |
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BIOPROFILE: Neem—Sustaining Ecological Balance |
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DEPARTMENTS |
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READERS WRITE |
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IN FOCUS |
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SPECTRUM |
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FACT FILE |
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· Star Watch: Constellation Perseus |
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· Ingenious Inventions: Computer on the Laptop |
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· Herbal Healers: Wonderful Witch Hazel |
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· Indian Icons: S.N. Bose |
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CROSSWORD |
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POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Has Basic Science Lost its Shine? |
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JUNIOR SCIENTIST |
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FUN QUIZ |
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DID YOU KNOW? |
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HUMOUR |
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ENTERTAINMENT ARENA |
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SCIENCE PROJECT: Flower Power |
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PUZZLE CORNER |
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HOW? |
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WHY? |
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Vol. 41, September 2004, pp 9-15, 28-29
Hasan Jawaid Khan And Parvinder Chawla
A naturally decaffeinated variety of coffee plant, recently discovered, promises to change the way coffee is savoured the world over. But for now it has to contend with an ownership spat between two countries.
Vol. 41, September 2004, pp 16-19
Himanshu Shekhar
The article gives an idea of the various scientific principles that come into play in badminton.
Vol. 41, September 2004, pp 24-27
Satvinder Singh Dhillon, Vishal Raina and Varinder Jeet
The battle against the malarial parasite is still on owing to the parasite’s ingenuity to rapidly develop resistance to common drugs. The article gives an insight into the various efforts round the world to tackle the menace.