In 1994, the population of the world was over five and a half billion. In the year2020, scientists estimate close to 8 billion. In that same year, China’s population will probably grow to almost one and a half billion, about one fifth of all the people in the world

Centipede means ‘hundred legged’ but not many centipedes actually have as many as this. Some have as few as 15 pairs, others have as many as 173 pairs, but most sorts have about 35 pairs. Centipedes and millipedes form a small group of arthropods adapted for life on the land. With all these legs they run very quickly and although …

The swan has over 25,000 feathers on its body, providing it with good, year-round insulation in cold northern climates. The larger the bird, the greater the number of feathers it has. Small songbirds like sparrows and thrushes have between 1,500 and 3,500 feathers on their bodies. In fact, smaller birds have more feathers per square centimeter than larger birds because …

∼ Benita Sen

Drilling the bark of trees with a chisel-like bill, the woodpecker exposes the tunnels of wood-boring insect larvae. It flicks in its tongue (up to 6 inches long in the Green Woodpecker) and stabs the grubs with the barbed tip to withdraw them.

The first opinion of our universe were put forward by ancient astronomers in about 2200 BC – AD 1200. The astronomers who recorded observations were from Babylon, China, India, Italy, Greece and Egypt. They didn’t used sophisticated instruments to make observations.

बंगाल के एक सुदूर गाँव में एक निर्धन ब्राह्मण अपनी पत्नी के साथ बहुत तंगहाली में रह रहा था। दोनों घर – घर जाकर भिक्षा मांगते, तब कहीं उन्हें दो जून रोटी नसीब होती थी। दिन वर्षों में तबदील होते गए और एक दिन गाँव में नया ज़मींदार बना। ब्राह्मण ने सोचा, क्यों न जमींदार के यहाँ जाकर वह भी हाजिरी …

Celebrating New Year’s Day is one of the oldest and most-exciting customs around the world. Ringing church bells, tooting horns and ear-piercing shrieks echo throughout the world on this festive day. Whether visiting relatives or watching New Year’s Day parades at home on the TV, welcoming the New Year is always a time of entertainment, celebration and resolution. Since this …

With Parvati by his side, Shiva became a family man. Inspired by her beauty, Shiva became the fountainhead of the arts, dance and drama. But he did not abandon his ways as a hermit and continued to meditate. His carefree attitude and his refusal to shoulder household responsibilities sometimes angered Parvati. But then she would come to terms with his …