Ira Academy

04/08/2013

Yet another brilliant talk

Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist describes the real differences between the left and right halves of the human brain. It's not simply "emotion on the right, reason on the left," but something far more complex and interesting. A Best of the Web talk from RSA Animate.

18/01/2013

There are three types of color receptors in your eye: red, green and blue. But how do we see the amazing kaleidoscope of other colors that make up our world? Colm Kelleher explains how humans can see everything from auburn to aquamarine.

17/01/2013

An excellent article on Aravind Hospitals(Eye care system)

Blending the humanist principles of an Indian mystic and the management style of McDonald's, Aravind Eye Care System has become a global success.

11/10/2012

Euclid of Alexandria revolutionized the way that mathematics is written, presented or thought about, and introduced the concept of mathematical proofs. Discover what it takes to move from a loose theory or idea to a universally convincing proof.

21/09/2012

Using the fundamentals of set theory, explore the mind-bending concept of the “infinity of infinities” -- and how it led mathematicians to conclude that math itself contains unanswerable questions.

11/09/2012

All that talk of reverse brain-drain is only a feel-good myth we like to propagate.

The Global Brain Trade: Which countries have the most foreign scientists, and which ones suffer from the worst brain drain?

Read more (and see the really large image) at http://bit.ly/NEAwiY

03/09/2012

28/08/2012

Careers in Physics

10/08/2012

Excellent article on what's plaguing the Indian education system

As long as we discourage young talent, encourage an obsolete examination system and remain indifferent to research, we will continue to lag behind the West

07/08/2012

A multibillion dollar gamble, a most scary landing and the possibility of learning whether Mars once could have supported life — here’s a brief look at what’s at stake in NASA’s Mars Curiosity mission

03/08/2012

In 1872 two men began work on a lexicon of words of Asian origin used by the British in India - it records a huge debt English owes to the subcontinent.

30/07/2012

TED Talks Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new type of imaging so fast it visualizes the world one trillion frames per second, so detailed it shows light itself in motion. This technology may someday be used to build cameras that can look “around” corners or see inside the body without X-...