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ISSN: 0036-8512 |
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VOLUME 43 |
NUMBER 12 |
DECEMBER 2006 |
CONTENTS
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COVER STORY |
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Thriving Life in Deserts |
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FEATURE
ARTICLES |
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The
Enchanting Neelakurinji |
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Small Numbers,
Large Numbers |
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SHORT FEATURES |
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Surviving
in the Cold Desert |
14 |
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Genetic
Treatment: How Safe? |
30 |
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Plasma
Research in India |
33 |
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FICTION The Symbiosis |
44 |
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DEPARTMENTS |
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READERS WRITE |
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IN FOCUS |
5 |
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SPECTRUM
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16 |
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REFLECTION: To Live or Let Live: Rabies and Stray
Dogs |
19 |
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HUMOUR
IN SCIENCE: Scientifically Yours! |
21 |
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TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE |
36 |
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JUNIOR SCIENTIST |
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KNOW YOUR BODY:
Vertebral Column: Enabling Every Move |
43 |
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POINT-COUNTERPOINT: Should
Mobile Phones be Allowed in Schools? |
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CROSSWORD |
52 |
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FASCINATING
ANIMALS: Red Panda |
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DID YOU KNOW: Cotton On |
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PUZZLE CORNER |
60 |
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HUMOUR |
62 |
Science
Reporter
Vol. 43December 2006, pp
9-15
Thriving
Life in Deserts
C.B. GANESH
The United Nations declared the year 2006 as the “International Year of Desert and Desertification”. A special report on how large numbers of plants and animals adapt to the torturous environment of the deserts.
Science
Reporter
Vol. 43, December 2006, pp 23-25
The Enchanting Neelakurinji
A. BIJU KUMAR
The
gregarious flowering of the Neelakurinji in the Western Ghats is an
enchanting sight—but only once in 12 years. This year the Neelakurinji
is in full bloom.
Science
Reporter
Vol. 43, December 2006, pp 39-42
Small Numbers, Large Numbers
BIMAL
K. SRIVASTAVA
Enter
the strange and extremely interesting world of small and large numbers.