Archive for tag: british

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

15 July, 2010 (13:00) | 5. Sat or Sun | By: nileshbabu

Answer: The Chicken. The scientists found that a protein found only in a chicken’s ovaries is necessary for the formation of the egg, according to the paper Wednesday. The egg can therefore only exist if it has been created inside a chicken. One mystery solved – at least until someone else finds another protein that [...]

Do schools kill creativity?

15 October, 2009 (10:00) | 2. Tues or Thurs | By: nileshbabu

This is another video that falls in the category “it is so good, it deserves a post here”.  I enjoyed this talk immensely and thoroughly. It is funny, witty and informative. A must watch video that makes you wonder, “what education system we have in place now?” It is 20-minute talk and I assure you, [...]

Privacy? What Privacy?

23 June, 2009 (19:46) | 5. Sat or Sun | By: nileshbabu

Wired has a long but interesting article titled Great Wall of Facebook: The Social Network’s Plan to Dominate the Internet — and Keep Google Out. Both Google and Microsoft wants a piece of Facebook – which have not generated any revenue yet. Microsoft won the bid – for USD240 million, they have 1.6% stake in [...]

10 things to learn on January 25th

25 January, 2009 (15:04) | 9. Delicious | By: nileshbabu

These are my links for January 22nd through January 25th