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 […]