Way back in the 15th Century, Galileo postulated that any object falling to earth, fall at the same rate of time. So why do we see a feather falling slower than a cannonball? It’s because of the presence of Air Resistance. If there’s no air resistance, a dropped feather would reach the earth at the […]
Read MoreToday, Janamashtami is being celebrated throughout India and in the Indian communities world-wide. Tourists are thronging to Mumbai for its spectacular treatment of the festival. Maharashtrians celebrate Janamashtami, popularly known as the ‘Dahi Handi Festival’, wherein young people form a human pyramid to reach a pot full of curd suspended at a great height. Most of us […]
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