SCIENCE REPORTER

CONTENT 

COVER STORY

WHEN THE EARTH SHOOK!

Hasan Jawaid Khan                                                                                                                                   9

FEATURE ARTICLES

MUCH MORE THAN SILK TO MULBERRY AND SILKWORM

P.R. Koundinya & K. Thangavelu                                                                                                         23

CAN ANIMALS SENSE EARTHQUAKES?

Suman Das                                                                                                                                                    29

BANDED CREATURES
Prafulla K. Mohanty & Cuckoo Mahapatra                                                                                         39

FICTION

CLONESTEIN   

Pushpendra Singh                                                                                                 44

COLUMN

HEALTH: Mane Facts                                                                                                                                 20

BIOPROFILE: Stunning Sea Horse                                                                                                          35

DEPARTMENTS

READERS WRITE                                                                                                                                       …4

IN FOCUS                                                                                                                                                       …5

SPECTRUM                                                                                                                                                  …16

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE                                                                                                                   …38

JUNIOR SCIENTIST

TECHNIQUES IN SCIENCE: Titration                                                                                               …43

POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Should Junk Food Be Banned?                                                          …48

FUN QUIZ: Famous Astronomers                                                                                                       …50

CROSSWORD                                                                                                                                            …52

FASCINATING ANIMALS: Platypus                                                                                                 …53

DID YOU KNOW?: Colourful Corals                                                                                                   …54

ENTERTAINMENT ARENA                                                                                                                  …56

PUZZLE CORNER                                                                                                                                     …60

HUMOUR                                                                                                                                                      …62

Science Reporter
Vol. 42, November 2005, pp 9-15, 32-34

WHEN THE EARTH SHOOK!

Hasan Jawaid Khan

The recent earthquake was a wake-up call for stringent building codes                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Science Reporter
Vol. 42, November 2005, pp 23-26

MUCH MORE THAN SILK TO MULBERRY AND SILKWORM

P.R. Koundinya & K. Thangavelu

Mulberry and silkworm have a plethora of uses than simply producing silk

Science Reporter
Vol. 42, November 2005, pp 29-30

CAN ANIMALS SENSE EARTHQUAKES?

Suman Das

Do animals have a sixth sense that gives them advance warning of natural disasters?

Science Reporter
Vol. 42, November 2005, pp 39-42

BANDED CREATURES

Prafulla K. Mohanty & Cuckoo Mahapatra

In nature many animals have a striped appearance other than the zebra