Even the list of contents are evocative, making the book sound more like a series of epic poems than a journey through space: "The Backbone of Night", "The Persistence of Memory" … Not once does this poetic tone waver. Throughout the book, Sagan continues to describe our place in space and time using language heavy with affection; he loves what he is describing. … [Read more...] about My favourite science writing – Cosmos by Carl Sagan
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Trending stocks: Strides Pharma Science share price falls 5%
NEW DELHI: Shares of Strides Pharma Science traded 4.66 per cent down in Friday 's trade at 09:58 am. Around 111195 shares changed hands on the counter. The stock opened at Rs 310.05 and touched an intraday high and low of Rs 320.0 and Rs 304.95 , respectively, in the session so far. The stock quoted a 52-week high of Rs 551.4 and a 52-week low of Rs 273.15 . Financials Strides Pharma Science Ltd., incorporated in the year 1990, is a Mid Cap company (having a market cap of Rs 2922.52 Crore) operating in Pharmaceuticals sector. For the quarter ended 31-12-2019, the company has reported a Consolidated sales of Rs 732.44 Crore, up 2.43 % from last quarter Sales of Rs 715.09 Crore and down -7.81 % from last year same quarter Sales of Rs 794.50 Crore Company has reported net profit after tax of Rs 115.72 Crore in latest quarter. Strides Pharma Science Ltd. key Products/Revenue Segments include Pharmaceuticals which contributed Rs 1356.43 Crore to Sales Value (88.22 % of Total … [Read more...] about Trending stocks: Strides Pharma Science share price falls 5%
Three human-like species lived side-by-side in ancient Africa
As a case in point, another study published this week in Nature journal used modern techniques to date a well-preserved skull found in a quarry at Kabwe, Zambia, in 1921. The skull which is more primitive than those of modern humans, but more advanced than Homo erectus, was considered to be around 500,000 years old based on its anatomy. … [Read more...] about Three human-like species lived side-by-side in ancient Africa
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, by Caspar Henderson – review
Henderson has taken notes from Jorge Luis Borges's Book of Imaginary Beings, a collection of fictional animals published in 1967. In his introduction, Henderson talks of being riveted by the "bravura display of human imagination" at work describing the Strong Toad of Chilean folklore, Humbaba the guardian of the cedar forest in the epic poem "Gilgamesh" and the kangaroo-like creature imagined by Franz Kafka. Bizarre as they were, these invented animals were hardly stranger than many real ones, he thought. He set about to create a 21st-century bestiary of real creatures but he would choose those animals about whom so little was known that they were "barely imagined". … [Read more...] about The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, by Caspar Henderson – review
Hope for the British house sparrow as RSPB survey shows numbers of the chirpy bird have grown by ten per cent in the last decade
Daniel Hayhow, RSPB Conservation Scientist, said: 'While the overall decline in house sparrow numbers, reported by participants, since the Big Garden Birdwatch began is 53 per cent (1979 – 2020), in the most recent decade (2010-2020) numbers appear to have increased by 10 per cent. … [Read more...] about Hope for the British house sparrow as RSPB survey shows numbers of the chirpy bird have grown by ten per cent in the last decade
