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Fashion design students of St.Teresa’s College, Kochi, made educational toys out of reusable material

Kerala college students make educational toys out of up-cycled material, donate them to anganwadi

Shilpa Nair Anand Fashion design students make reusable educational toys for children in anganwadis, out of up-cycled material

A combination image showing Anoop Velaayudhan’s Mayavi series

This artist re-imagines characters from the iconic Malayalam comics Mayavi with a Mollywood touch

Harikumar J S Kottayam native Anoop Velayaudhan's digital artworks blending Mayavi comics and Mollywood stars tickle ribs

Meet Chennai’s teenage horse-riding champion

Akila Kannadasan Samartha Satyajit has been on horseback since the age of four, and his eyes are set on the Olympics

In School

The first image-based surface map of Pluto that was released on March 7, 1996.

An eye for an i #427 Seeing Pluto like never before

Portrait of Edward Goodrich Acheson.

An eye for an i #426 Meet Edward Goodrich Acheson, the inventor of carborundum

Portrait of Humphry Davy by artist Thomas Phillips.

An eye for an i #425 It’s chlorine, not oxymuriatic acid

A photograph of a work of art by German artist Hans Baluschek that depicts Karl Ferdinand Braun.

An eye for an i #424 Brainy Braun’s cathode-ray tube

Photo taken on February 7, 1984 shows the first untethered spacewalk by NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless II.

An eye for an i #423 Walking untethered in space

Ham, still wearing his flying gear, reaches out to accept his reward, a big red apple, after his historic space flight inside the Mercury capsule.

An eye for an i #422 Ham's 16 minutes of fame

Portrait of Gemma Frisius by Maarten van Heemskerck.

An eye for an i#421 Of globes, triangulation and camera obscura

The Stardust’s capsule return as seen from NASA's laboratory during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere in 2006.

An eye for an i #420 Bringing cosmic dust to Earth

Type 3 poliovirus capsid (protein shell of a virus, enclosing its genetic material), coloured per chains.

An eye for an i #419 Loring and Schwerdt, and their search for poliovirus

An eye for an i #418 Stone paper s̶c̶i̶s̶s̶o̶r̶s̶ straws

Statue of Crawford Long that can be seen at the United States Capitol.

An eye for an i #417 It’s a Long story!

An Atlas-B missile being prepared to launch the SCORE satellite.

An eye for an i #416 SCORE scores full marks

Short Stories

Illustration: Sahil Upalekar

When the sparks go out

BUG BOY Have you been feeling a lack of purpose lately too? Doesn’t everything seem a little dull and boring lately...?

Talespin How Christopher the crab changed his mind about the way he walked

Vidya Nesarikar Christopher the crab wanted to be like everyone else. But an incident with a baby seagull changed his mind.

SKY HIGH Take to the skies

Vaayusastra Aerospace Beginning a new fortnightly column that combines storytelling with aeronautical science. In this episode, King Ravana’s son Meghnath undergoes his first flying lesson — with a paper plane!

Children's Books

Workshops NCPA’s five-day virtual workshops aim to foster creativity

Tantri the Mantri

Growing old with Shikari Shambu: 40 years of ‘Tinkle’

Read a book or watch a movie on Children’s Day

Escapades galore

A model of a tractor made by Wayanad-based Abdul CK

80-year-old Abdu ikka from Wayanad crafts toys from junk

Saraswathy Nagarajan

Ruskin Bond celebrates 70 years of storytelling with ‘A Song Of India’

Deepa Alexander

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Keerthana.M, VIII, Vidya Vanam, Anaikatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

Drawings from India

Avani Yadav, VII C, Basava International School, New Delhi

Drawings from India

Aimen Dalal, IV, Vagdevi Vilas School, Bengaluru, Karnataka

Drawings from India

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Making screen history

Train of Tales Children

Brick by brick: The meeting

How long is a year on other planets?

Kerala college students make educational toys out of up-cycled material, donate them to anganwadi

SKY HIGH Children

Lessons in the air

Drawings from India

Drawings from India

Seeing Pluto like never before

Twenty five years ago, on March 7, 1996, the first image-based surface map of Pluto was released. Sixty six years after it had been discovered, astronomers finally saw details on its surface directly. While we have had better images of the dwarf planet since, A.S.Ganesh takes a look at these first images and how they helped us understand Pluto better...

What the girls did

These inspiring stories of girls and women will challenge gender stereotypes and pave the way for a level playing field — at school, at work and at home.

Know the scientist: Ignaz Semmelweis

Today, more than ever, we are quite aware of the significance of handwashing in disease prevention. We have Ignaz Semmelweis to thank for introducing

Speaking up first

Whether it is education for girls or women’s suffragette, my ideas continue to shape the world

Breaking through barriers

This International Women’s Day, let’s take a look at some of the firsts that women from around the world have achieved.

Shweta Taneja delves into inventions and discoveries by Indian scientists

Released on February 28, National Science Day, the flip book showcases the wacky side of science

Stronger together

Discover some significant events in the history of women’s rights movements around the world.

Meet Edward Goodrich Acheson, the inventor of carborundum

On February 28, 1893, Acheson received a patent for what he called carborundum, and what we now know as silicon carbide. From a career that began with installing electrical lights, Acheson went on to become an independent inventor and entrepreneur. A.S.Ganesh turns the spotlight on Acheson...

This artist re-imagines characters from the iconic Malayalam comics Mayavi with a Mollywood touch

Kottayam native Anoop Velayaudhan's digital artworks blending Mayavi comics and Mollywood stars tickle ribs

Meet Chennai’s teenage horse-riding champion

Samartha Satyajit has been on horseback since the age of four, and his eyes are set on the Olympics

Know the scientist: Nettie Stevens

By studying the cell division in the male common mealworm, Nettie identified a large chromosome and a small chromosome – we now call these X and Y

Who was eating the vegetables from Bindya’s garden? A short story

“Ma!” Bindya’s shriek made her mother jump and drop the chapati she was baking on the wood fire in their tiny hut at the edge of the big forest.

Stroke of genius

Ninety-three years ago, on February 28, a brilliant discovery put India on the map of world science — a day we celebrate as National Science Day.

Drawings from India

Tulika at 25: How this Chennai publishing house explored different styles and themes

As the Chennai-based publishing house Tulika turns 25, its founder Radhika Menon discusses the evolution of children’s storytelling and their role in it

Of flying and freedom

Meghnath gets more curious about Ravana’s flying machines. He learns more about them while also teaching his father a lesson of his own...

It’s chlorine, not oxymuriatic acid

Did you know that chlorine was referred to as oxymuriatic acid before, well, before it came to be known as chlorine? Or were you aware that chlorine wasn’t always known to be an element in the first place? A.S.Ganesh dwells further on these points and the person who set these things straight...

Mattel Toys launched UNO cards to honour frontline workers

The cards feature all the Mattel characters and is a part of its global Thank You Heroes initiative

Back at home

Mr. Michael solves the mystery of the girl in the picture...

Drawings from India

Know the scientist: Max Planck

Planck’s concept of energy quanta is considered one of the scientific breakthroughs that most contributed to modern physics.

Land of mighty empires

Known as the jewel in West Africa’s crown, Mali is a mosaic of ancient history and culture.

Trapped!

Not in a snare but on a camera. Here’s how technology helps us keep track of our tigers and other wildlife.

Brainy Braun’s cathode-ray tube

Nobel Prize-winning German electrical engineer Karl Ferdinand Braun made significant contributions in a number of ways. One of those was his invention of the cathode-ray tube, also known as the Braun’s tube. In an elegant paper published on February 15, 1897, Braun described the design and realisation of this tube. A.S.Ganesh tells you about Braun, who did a lot with his brains...

At Odds ‘n’ Ends

Would they finally discover the secret behind the mystery woman in the picture?

Ruling the airwaves

February 13 is World Radio Day. Take a trip down memory lane to see how the device became the powerhouse it is now.

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Unsung pioneers who changed the world

These are tales of perseverance, determination and an unwavering love for science, but these are also stories of discrimination and unfair treatment. Despite making groundbreaking discoveries, their names remain largely unknown, simply because they are women. Let’s celebrate International Day of Women and Girls in Science by getting to know these women scientists and their contribution to the world...

This flow arts academy in Chennai is bagging Guinness World Records by the dozen

Students and trainers at K Gokulnath’s flow arts academy (GUTA) in Chennai are claiming Guinness World Records by the dozen, and they are not about to stop soon

How Christopher the crab changed his mind about the way he walked

Christopher the crab wanted to be like everyone else. But an incident with a baby seagull changed his mind.

Drawings from India

Drawings from India

Take to the skies

Beginning a new fortnightly column that combines storytelling with aeronautical science. In this episode, King Ravana’s son Meghnath undergoes his first flying lesson — with a paper plane!

Back in the frame

Where did the woman in the picture come from? And why is her look so malevolent?

Walking untethered in space

On February 7, 1984, Bruce McCandless II became the first human being to walk in space, untethered. Even though NASA astronaut McCandless is best remembered for this, he had a long and eventful involvement with the space programme. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at the person who was the first to float freely in space...

Know the scientist: Alice Augusta Ball

Ball Method, was the only pain-free treatment for leprosy available for over thirty years until sulfone drugs were introduced

Goal machine

I am considered one of the best football players in history.

When the sparks go out

Have you been feeling a lack of purpose lately too? Doesn’t everything seem a little dull and boring lately...?

Refugees are the heroes in Paro Anand’s ‘Nomad’s Land’

In her book for young adults, Paro Anand introduces the world of displaced communities and their search for boundless horizons and hope through the story of two schoolgirls

Balarama bests Dhenuka

With the asura terrorising the cowherds, how will they get access to new areas of the forests?

Summer’s End:A missing woman

Does the strange painting have anything do with the mysterious happenings at the house?

Why is China’s new dam a concern for India?

China is planning to build a huge dam on the river Brahmaputra. And it has raised concern in downstream countries – India and Bangladesh. What is the Chinese dam project all about and what could be its impact? Let’s ﬁnd out in this Five Ws & One H...

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