Ensuring leftovers are safe to eat
By: Primrose Freestone Eating leftovers can be a great way to save money, diversify your cooking repertoire and reduce food waste. But eating leftover food can also be risky as these foods have already been exposed to bacteria in the environment. If you haven’t stored and re-heated leftovers correctly, you could be putting yourself at […]
Letter to the Editor
Dear Sir, Subsidize RWH The acute drinking water crisis in Bengaluru, highlighted by a shortage of about 2000 million litres per day, underscores the urgency of adopting sustainable water management practices like rainwater harvesting (RWH). Despite mandates like the BWSSB Amendment Bill 2021, RWH adoption remains low. Offering tax incentives for RWH systems could incentivize […]
Bridges can be protected from ship collisions
By: Sherif El-Tawil MV Dali, a 984-foot, 100,000-ton cargo ship, rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge when leaving Baltimore harbour on March 26, 2024, causing a portion of the bridge to collapse. University of Michigan civil engineer Sherif El-Tawil explained how often ships collide with bridges, what can be done to protect bridges from […]
Dogs in the middle ages
By: Emily Savage In the middle ages, most dogs had jobs. In his book De Canibus, the 16th-century English physician and scholar John Caius described a hierarchy of dogs, which he classified first and foremost according to their function in human society. At its apex were specialised hunting dogs, including greyhounds, known for their “incredible […]
Skilled Workforce: The way to achieve success
By: Prof. Aditya Gupta Remember the complete lockdown from March to May 2020. There were only two things that kept life going: a data-enabled internet connection and vegetables and groceries delivered through door collection. The supply of essentials never went off. Behind this were thousands of unacknowledged logistics warriors who risked their lives, picked and […]
Spring: The new beginning
By: Mohammad Hanief Spring is the season during which the natural world revives and reinvigorates after the colder winter months and during it dormant plants begin to grow again, new seedlings sprout out of the ground and hibernating animals awake. What most people call spring relies on the astronomical definition of the word. Defined by […]
Improving Heart Health through Oil Taxation
By: Dr. Bimal Chhajer In the ongoing battle against heart disease, a novel proposal has emerged from the SAAOL (Science and Art of Living): the implementation of taxes on all cooking oils. This unconventional suggestion draws parallels between the impact of oils on cardiovascular health and the taxation of tobacco products, aiming to stem the […]
How nature can alter our sense of time
By: Ruth Ogden, Jessica Thompson Do you ever get that feeling that there aren’t enough hours in the day? That time is somehow racing away from you, and it is impossible to fit everything in. But then, you step outside into the countryside and suddenly everything seems slower, more relaxed, like time has somehow changed. […]
Being true to our essence
By: Aubaid Ahmad Akhoon Once in a tranquil village, there lived a person who owned a rooster. This rooster was not just any rooster; it was the village’s timekeeper, its call at dawn a signal to prayer for the beginning of each new day. However, a peculiar whim struck the owner one day—a decision that […]
Leech therapy: The Alternate Medicine
By: Mohammad Hanief Leech therapy (also known as hirudotherapy) is a natural, safe treatment which utilises the healing properties of leeches. The healing properties of leeches have been known for hundreds of years. Leeches were used during medieval times because they were known to heal infections, before antibiotics were discovered. In the last 20 years […]
