COVER STORY
The Browning Of Ideas
Intel's showcase of the best of young concepts has a decidedly Indian stamp
Outlook Magazine - 15 July 2002
'FDI Not Meant To Reward Or Punish'
Union I&B minister defends the decision in the face of opposition from some of NDA's allies and friends like the TDP, the Samata Party, the Shiv Sena and the AIADMK
Beyond Keyboards
Scientific temper comes from a recognition and internalisation of the values science stands for.
Cardsharp's Slip Of Hand
The performance-based reshuffle turns out to be mere tokenism, and the other sleeve may yet conceal more
'FDI Not Meant To Reward Or Punish'
Union I&B minister defends the decision in the face of opposition from some of NDA's allies and friends like the TDP, the Samata Party, the Shiv Sena and the AIADMK
Bluffer's Guide
All that you need to know about sci-tech to hold forth
Beyond Keyboards
Scientific temper comes from a recognition and internalisation of the values science stands for.
Doubting Thomases
Unlike religious faith, scientific belief rests on evidence and logic
Cardsharp's Slip Of Hand
The performance-based reshuffle turns out to be mere tokenism, and the other sleeve may yet conceal more
OTHER OUTLOOK MAGAZINE STORIES
Faradays In The Backyard
A band of unsung, homespun scientists sets mind and technology to devise simple, everyday innovations
Blazing Remotes
A computer-controlled home, everything's perfect? Not quite.
Shallow Pools
Myopic IT focus, waning interest has science streams in crisis
Remains Of The Day: A Raging Bonfire Of Greed
Mike's startup was tearing itself apart faster than it could build itself. And then he got rid of his internet glasses.
Reality On Celluloid?
Two special effects dreams the SFX ace wants to execute
Who Will Crack The Code?
6 ciphers that must be cracked: by the Indian who has seen them all.
Mother Earth?
11 reasons why space is better than earth: by the only Indian who knows
DNA: Do Not Achieve?
The don of DNA tests on his five defining areas of work
Cyberians After Ice Age
Silicon Valley is still recession-hit but brave geeks ride on top of it
Primal Scream
Music industry's got to wake up, smell opportunities on the Net
Downloading The Future
Thinking computers, meat on trees... sci-fi's now closer than you think
New Renaissance
A grand unified theory, from the physicist's lab to the classroom
Did Man Really Set Foot On The Moon?
Did NASA really succeed, or did it stage a studio trick in the deserts of Nevada to hoodwink the Soviet Union that it had won the race?
Life Is Elsewhere
Sinha's innings was a 'success', but he couldn't carry it through
Soldier Of Fortunes
It falls upon a 'gut liberaliser' to galvanise the office and mollify the middle class ahead of polls
Rewriting Life'sHoly Grail
Technology is not just about helping us. In the near future, it can redeem, or even remake us.
Sounds Like Bach
But the day when music is finally and irrevocably reduced to syntactic pattern and pattern alone will be, to my old-fashioned way of looking at things, a very dark day indeed.
Sex And Drugs
Shaila Mani, Cell Biologist, Baylor Collegeof Medicine
Catching The Counterfeit
B.V.V. Prasad, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Medical Center
Backing The Brains
Hitten Zaveri, Associate Research Scientist, Department of Neurology, Yale
Nurturing Neurons
Mriganka Sur, Head, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT
Swallowing Ape Serum
Ajit Varki, Director, Glycobiology Research Center, University of California, Berkeley
Passion For Patterns
Kaushik Bhattacharya,Professor of Applied Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Caltech
Curing From Within
Tejal Desai,Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Portable Power
Amit Mehra, Chief Engineer, Turbine Engine Research, D-Star
'What Went Wrong?'
Shrinivas Kulkarni, Department of Astronomy,Caltech University
Chaos And Laptops
Surya Mallapragada,Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University
Guided By Gandalf
Chaitan Khosla, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, Stanford University
Exponentional Uncertainty
Umesh Vazirani, Professor of Computer Sciences,University of California, Berkeley
The Amazicans
Many science frontierspeople in the Land of the Brave are, well, honest Injuns
The Eclipse Of Vajpayee
The formal appointment of Advani as deputy PM has reduced the prime minister of India to a lovable figurehead.
The Man And The Canon
He'll be missed, but Jaswant Singh's already shaped foreign policy
Are Two Heads Better?
On paper, a deputy PMship isn't a big deal but the reality is different
Transfusions
It's a return to the old war manual, with a new cover, as the party faces a slew of elections
Galactic Elevation
Want a clear view of our celestial neighbourhood? Come to Hanle, Ladakh.
Full Moon FridayThe Thirteenth
Do things really take a turn for the worse on the dreaded day? And what if it's a full moon to boot? What do the studies say? The resident doctor has his hands full.
