Tigers, men can live in harmony, says study - Deccan Herald

Tigers are not only capable of peacefully co-existing with man in the reserve forests but also, over the years, they have learnt how to thrive by lying low in day-time dominated by noisy human activities and being more active in the night, a new study has claimed. Even though the research was conducted among tigers in Chitwan Reserve Forest in Nepal, the researchers claimed that the methods and conclusion of the study are applicable to Indian forests in which both people and tigers live. Published in the September 3 issue of Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, the study comes at a time when India is witnessing an intense tiger versus tourism debate in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent directive on closing down core areas in tiger reserves.Since the entire forest is core area in most of the tiger reserves in India, the court order means an end of tourism in tiger parks.Analysing tiger behaviour at Chitwan between 2010 and 2011 through more than 75 camera t!
raps, researchers from Michigan State University and their colleagues in Nepal found that tiger density in the forest was high despite the ubiquitous presence of people. The big cats adapted to human presence by becoming more active at night and having a somewhat dormant life in the day, when human activities such as collection of woods or other forest resources and tourism would be at peak. Here, human refers to villagers, tourists and Nepal army personnel that patrol the Park.The estimates of tiger density in Chitwan were higher than sites in Central and North India where tigers and people coexist. Tiger occupancy in Chitwan was 12 to 30 per cent greater than sites in Indonesia and India. According to the last official estimate, Chitwan has about six breeding tigers in every 100 sq km.“The case of Chitwan.. is particularly fascinating, because Chitwan is a premier tourist destination.  (Here) tigers have a surprising capacity to adapt to high human presence and that!
tiger-human coexistence is enhanced by good management polici!
es and a local population tolerant of tigers,&rdquo; Neil H Carter, the first author of the paper from the US university told Deccan Herald.The increase in tiger count happened notwithstanding the 55 per cent raise in the presence of local residents between 2010 and 2011. The big cats seem to be using Forest Department roads to travel from one location to another avoiding jungle trails because the forest department roads are shorter and hence more energy efficient for them.Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case accused and suspended IPS officer, D G Vanzara at Sabarmati jail..<br />http://www.deccanherald.com/content/276285/tigers-men-can-live-harmony.html

Astronauts, family remember Neil Armstrong - Christian Science Monitor

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Hundreds of people attended a closed service for Armstrong Friday at a private club in suburban Cincinnati. A national memorial service has been scheduled for Sept. 12 in Washington, although no other details have been released on the service or burial plans for Armstrong. He died Saturday at age 82.<br />http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0831/Astronauts-family-remember-Neil-Armstrong

Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am's song makes history on Mars - Los Angeles Times

“There’s no words to explain how amazing this is,” the singer, of Black Eyed Peas fame, said to the gathered audience, standing on stage with NASA astronaut Leland Melvin, the agency’s associate administrator for education.The song, called “Reach for the Stars,” was beamed back to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, where will.i.am took the stage to answer questions from students from Boyle Heights, where he grew up. <br />http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/08/mars-rover-curiosity-how-black-eyed-peas-singer-william-made-history.html

Curiosity 'interrogates' Martian rock with laser - CNN

Curiosity began a two-year mission on Mars on August 6 and has been beaming back images of the surface of Gale Crater ever since. It is loaded with 10 instruments "to assess whether a carefully chosen study area inside Gale Crater has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life," NASA said."We had a bunch of strong contenders. It is the kind of dilemma planetary scientists dream of, but you can only go one place for the first drilling for a rock sample on Mars," said project scientist John Grotzinger. "That first drilling will be a huge moment in the history of Mars exploration."<br />http://articles.cnn.com/2012-08-19/us/us_mars-curiosity_1_martian-rock-john-grotzinger-gale-crater

Curiosity rover takes first short spin around Mars - Businessweek

After an action-packed landing that delicately lowered it to the surface with nylon cables, Curiosity has entered a slow streak. Since the car-size rover is the most sophisticated spacecraft sent to Mars, engineers have taken their time to make sure it's in tiptop shape and that its high-tech tools work before it delves into its mission.Before Curiosity journeys toward the mountain, it will take a detour to an intriguing spot 1,300 feet away where it will drill into bedrock. With the test drive out of the way, Curiosity was expected to stay at its new position for several days before making its first big drive â€" a trip that will take as long as a month and a half.<br />http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-08-22/mars-rover-curiosity-prepares-for-test-drive

NASA to launch another Mars exploration flight - Fox News

The space agency decided Monday to launch a relatively low-cost robotic lander in 2016 to check out what makes the Martian core so different from Earth\'s.",
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NASA to launch another Mars exploration flight

The mission will be run by NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. The California lab is basking in the success of the $2.5 billion Mars Curiosity rover, which is starting to explore the planet's surface after a daring landing this month. Earlier this year, NASA pulled out of two Mars missions with the European Space Agency because it didn't have the $1.4 billion for the proposed 2016 and 2018 mission.<br />http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2012/08/20/nasa-to-launch-another-mars-exploration-flight/

University Structure

The current island-structure of universities is a way of wasting invaluable potentials. The existence of various disciplines in university is a golden opportunity, but people usually ignore it.

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