The Philoneists

12/02/2016

A landmark day for Einstein and our understanding of the universe: the detection of gravitational waves. Brian Greene explains the discovery. Subscribe to ou...

31/08/2015

On the importance of defining your own success and holding on to your sense of purpose - Calvin and Hobbes

31/08/2015

There have been times when Calvin and Hobbes have given us the much needed dose of reality check, often in ways we didn’t expect.

31/08/2015

We're not really taught to recreate constructively. We need to do more than to find diversions; We need to restore and expand ourselves. Our idea of relaxing is all too often to plop down in front of the television set and let its pandering idiocy liquefy our brains. Shutting off the thought process is not rejuvenating; the mind is like a car battery — it recharges by running - Watterson

31/08/2015

Subatomic particles that appear to defy Standard Model points to undiscovered forces !

Subatomic particles have been found that appear to defy the Standard Model of particle physics. The team working at Cern's Large Hadron Collider have found evidence of leptons decaying at different rates, which could possibly point to some undiscovered forces. Publishing their findings in the journa…

30/08/2015

The Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a joint project between NASA and ISRO to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite. The satellite will be the first radar imaging satellite to use dual frequency and it is planned to be used for remote sensing…

09/07/2015

Creativity at its peak!

13/06/2015

30/05/2015

While, one may be under the impression that Modi Government is doing wonders, the complete scenario is far from what we think. As quoted in the post, " While Narendra Modi will arguably be the greatest Prime Minister of this decade, his Government will be one of the the worst."

It is important to understand that while Narendra Modi will arguably be the greatest Prime Minister of this decade, his government will be one of the worst. While Narendra Modi's vision will lead India to new realms of prosperity, his government's backwardness and conservatism will only pull his vis…

30/05/2015

Some People are Changing the world for the better!!!

At first glance, IIT Delhi graduate Utkarsh Kawatra seems like any other dashing hire at a plush investment firm trying to find a firm foothold in his company's promotion ladder. But at just 24, he is the co-founder of BloodConnect, India's largest youth-run NGO solving the nationwide problem of blo…

20/04/2015

19/04/2015

They have such a high metabolism that they are continuously hours away from starving to death.Now this is one tough life huh?