When the Spirit is willing

Spirit is one of two small wheeled robots sent to Mars in 2003 to explore its surface and search for clues to past water activity. Its expected lifetime was supposed to be about three months but it.. Read full story

Lemonade from life's lemons

Norman Vincent Peal and his power of positive thinking are global brands today. In stark contrast, few people have heard of the psychoanalyst Smiley Blanton, who collaborated with Peale in the init.. Read full story

Miracle of the leaves

New Year's gift is a pair of ruby red new leaves on the sapling. It was planted three months ago to commemorate a passing and the first new leaves signal acceptance, both by the planet and the plan.. Read full story

Little knowledge goes a long way

The Master was known for his very practical methods of dealing with a problem. So one day, when he was about to lead the students in meditation and the cat that lived on the premises began creating.. Read full story

Attend to details and reap rewards

Benjamin Franklin recounts a tale of negligence for want of just a nail, the shoe was lost and later, in consequence, the horse, the rider, the battle and ultimately the kingdom too were lost.The &.. Read full story

The flip side of bad faith

Reputed scientists sometimes conduct some seriously problematic and borderline ethical experiments too.

Little Albert for instance was only eight months old in 1920 when the ren.. Read full story

Ganesha for good start

January is the month of good beginnings: This month of good resolutions is presided over by Janus, the double-faced liminal god of thresholds.

Now a liminal or a transitional st.. Read full story

Ringing in the New

The parcel bears two leopards; not real of course. Tribal artists made them long time ago. That, plus the fact that the animals came via courier on New Year’s Eve, inspires their new owner to ca.. Read full story

Big picture versus fine structure

The great Battle of the Scopes was being fought in the mind of the eye.

The telescope talked about how with his help humankind had been able to visualise the mechanics behind th.. Read full story

Small things are sometimes big

The steps to "victory over oneself" and thus to true spiritual progress would naturally vary from person to person, depending on the individual make-up of personality.

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