Science is rewarding. The reward may be as simple as praise from the friends or as impressive as winning the Nobel Prize. The most important reward however is your own inner feeling that you advanced the humankind by a tiny bit. Watch this video where these young students – Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose, and Naomi […]

Albert Einstein was born on 14th March 1879 to a Jewish couple. His father was a businessman and mother, an accomplished musician. When he was born, he had so big a head that his mother Pauline Einstein thought he was deformed. Einstein was a slow starter. He started talking only at the age of 4 […]

There are millions of living things in this world. To know and understand them better, scientists have classified them into six kingdoms. They are: Plants, Animals, Fungi, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, and Protists. Plants include trees and grass, moss and ferns and even the grass in your backyard. Plants are many celled organisms. Plants make their own […]

The kids did a fantastic job in responding to the science contest ‘Who is Satyendra Bose?’. All the entries were great, and as you can imagine it was tough to pick one of them as best. Denesh Chandrahasan, a 11th grade student from Montclair, CA submitted the winning entry. He will receive the book “Einstein’s […]

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to two scientists who predicted the existence of the “God’s particle” boson. This particle is closely connected to an Indian Physicist, Satyendra Bose. Find the connection between Satyendra Bose and the God’s particle boson, and write your thoughts about Bose, boson, Bose – Einstein connection and this year’s Nobel Prize […]

There are millions of stars, but there is one quite important than all the rest combined. No it is not Tom Hanks. Not George Clooney either. The stars that I talk about are up in the sky. The most significant star is our Sun; it is at the Centre of our solar system and is […]

Here is a quick question for you. What is everything in this world made of? When I say everything I mean everything, the Chair you are sitting on… The Ipad or the laptop in front of you…Your favorite toy… Your favorite drink. ATOMS. Atoms are the building blocks of life. You are made up of […]