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Pluto's demotion, science and superstition
The definition of a planet had to be changed as the possibility of finding more objects meeting the earlier criteria in the Kuiper Belt is real


Free software: taking on dominant market forces
Richard Stallman is famous for his brushes with authority. In the 1970s at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, he reset the system passwords to null strings because he didn't like restricted ...
Galactic collision and dark matter
ASTRONOMERS HAVE found the strongest evidence so far that mysterious particles that do not interact with light are lurking throughout the universe. Doug Clowe from the University of Arizona in Tucson and his colleagues have spied a cluster of ...
High yielding, drought tolerant casuarina
It can be propagated through seeds
Information Technology

IT TRENDS
Processor technology: dual core comes to the fore
A whole new level of graphical and multimedia experience unleashed

Agriculture

FARMER'S NOTEBOOK
Senna variety ideal for rainfed farming in southern districts
It can be grown both as a rainfed and an irrigated crop
Annona seedlings
Annona is grown throughout India and is suited for growing in arid/humid/semi arid conditions. You may contact any of the Krishi Vigyan Kendras in your area for seedlings. You may also contact the Department of Fruit Crops, Haryana Agricultural ...
Flowering in chilli
Flowering can be induced by spraying Indole acetic acid (100-200ppm) on seedlings after 15-20days of transplanting. Dipping the seedlings in IAA (100-200) solution or spraying triacontanol (5ppm) has been found effective. If overgrown seedlings ...

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