Magnificent Moon - our planet’s nearest neighbour

The question arose last Sunday, Medin Full Moon Day late evening, while I was having an informal conversation with a few of my friends. It was fitting question since we were seated in the garden right beneath the full Moon.

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Vignettes

What holds the world together?

Although we are familiar with early western philosophers such as Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, most of us are unaware of sophos who lived prior to them. Sophos, a Greek word meaning ‘wise’, lived in ancient Greece c. 500 BCE.

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Thorns on the Side

Aviation safety

Flying is one of the safest modes of transport. You actually have a bigger chance of dying on the road (in a motor accident) than in the air (in a plane accident). Every day, thousands of planes take off and land all over the world. Every year,

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