Science And Technology

TaleTown.Org multimedia English short stories on science and technology exploring what happens when, sci fi & retold tales on how stuff works

  • Global Water Crisis?

    Sunset from Kure AtollLittle Josh discusses global water crisis and solutions like funding, cutting water usage, reducing leakages, desalination, nanotechnology & sustainability etc.

  • Golden Age Of India

    Gupta empire map.pngInformative story: Golden Age Of India.

    Guptas oversaw a period of great cultural & artistic excellence...

    and remarkable achievements in many science & technologies...

  • Helen Keller Listened

    Helen Keller in India“Only after an infant learns to identify words, can words start to have meanings.”

    “This little girl was therefore doomed to a life of loneliness, silence and darkness."

    "She could see nothing, hear nothing, and couldn’t say much.”

  • Holistic Healing

    Ayurveda in Sri LankaInformative story exploring world’s oldest holistic healing (whole body) system Ayurveda.

    Comparisons with orthodox medical treatments & Maori medicine Rongoa.

  • How Eggs Fertilize?

    Avian cloaca.jpg "Avian cloaca" by Jared Yelton, original uploader was Redtailed at en.wikipedia -  Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons."Really?" Josh was discovering a whole new world, "Do birds have no dicks at all?"

    "Some birds have them," answered Rosh, "and they use them too. Males of ostriches, cassowaries, kiwi, geese, and some species of swans and ducks, do not use cloaca for reproduction. They have a phallus."

  • How Eggs Form?

    Mr and Mrs"Pa, we could have our own chooks if we didn't eat these eggs," said Josh.

    "Well, actually we can't," said Rosh, "because these eggs we buy from the supermarket are not fertilized. Chooks can hatch only from fertilized eggs."

  • How Eggs Hatch?

    POP"Why are some eggs white, Pa", Josh asked, "while others are colored?"

    "The hen's breed determines the colour of its eggshell," Rosh answered, "Hens with white feathers and ear lobes are said to lay white eggs, while hens with red feathers and ear lobes said to lay brown eggs."

  • How To Create Music?

    ♪ ♫ ♫ ♪ ♪♪ ♫"Ethereal music flows from a blooming personality. It is the sound of Life, of Being."

    "But we live in a world that values Becoming over Being. If you must create, create that inner silence that metamorphoses naturally into music. Create that deserving conduit, through which the Anaahat can express its Naad."

  • How To Fill Air In A Car Tyre

    Vintage Air PumpRosh teaches his son how to fill air in a car tyre.

    Informative story with basic car maintenance tips on when, where, what, why and how to do car care.

  • How Was I Born?

    mateo"Comprendo?" asked Rosh, looking at his son in the back view mirror.

    "No Pa," Josh answered, "but were you talking about having sex with Ma?"

  • Internet - The New Nicotine

    password“It’s like wanting to go to the toilet while somebody else is already in it."

    "You are jumping outside the door yelling, “Hurry up, I need to go – urgently!”

  • Invisibility Cloak

    Invisibility Cloak [Cultural Mysticism]“Pa, is an Invisibility Cloak for real? Can I get one?” asked Josh.

    Rosh settled back with a smile. “Yes Josh,” he said, “They are a scientific reality now …

  • Is Cancer Not A Disease?

    Uterine, Bile Duct and Breast CancerIs Cancer Not A Disease?

    Abnormal cell growth is an issue as it steals glucose from normal cells & grows at their expense.

    Hosh examines suggested natural cures

  • Just Feel The Beat

    Sangre Flamenca"I know what music is. It is the rhythm in everything alive. Whether it flows through a didgeridoo or a flute, sounds from dead hollows in wood can make a moribund heart come alive."

    "Knowing comes from the head. But knowing about music can't create music. Music comes from the heart. When it is felt by the heart. Feeling is enough."

  • Memoirs Of An Intern

    Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital only hospital in Soweto largest in Sub Saharan Africa South AfricaInsightful story: Memoirs Of An Intern

    Hosh panics on his first night shift during his Trauma elective when compressing a wound doesn’t arrest patient bleeding.

     

  • Moses Saves The Israelites

    Steve "Moses "Jobs Delivers TabletJosh tells Isha how Moses saves the Israelites, using engineers to build a bridge at Red Sea & later destroys the bridge.

    Retold funny joke on Biblical story...

  • Murugan - The Padman

    Sanitary Pad ProductionInspiring Story: Murugan - The Padman

    Arunachalam Muruganantham revolutionized menstrual health for poor Indian rural women with his low-cost sanitary pad maker

     

  • Outlook 2017

    Pallas's Cat of Ueno Zoo : マヌルネコ(上野動物園)

    Insightful Story: Outlook 2017

    Rosh reflects on technological progress in varied sectors from transportation to health to decide future family investment

     

  • Perils Of Teen Bodybuilding

    2009 NPC Novice Michigan Bodybuilding, Fitness, Figure & Bikini Championships"The US National Institute on Drug Abuse says that ultimately you get small balls because your body is so worried about making muscles, it forgets about your nuts."

    "So you get these huge muscles, but a TINY little package. Which will probably make the girls just laugh at you instead of being impressed."

  • Raising The Dead

    Raise the dead !The formula for raising the dead, Mrit Sanjivni Mantra, was known to Shukracharya, guru of the Asuras.

    Hindu mythology story of Kach’s resurrections for Devyani

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