July 28th, 2004
Nature | Gold charges up electron by electron

This is really fascinating insight into the cutting edge of nanotechnology research.

July 28th, 2004
MSNBC | Being bilingual may keep your mind young

The article says, “Juggling two languages as a child can slow mental decline”. Like most Indians I am bilingual (in fact I am trilingual and I can roughly understand half-a-dozen more). Here it is quite common for a person to be proficient in 6-7 languages, understandable in a nation with 18 national languages, more than 800 documented languages and around 1500 dialects.