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
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Global Water Crisis?
Little Josh discusses global water crisis and solutions like funding, cutting water usage, reducing leakages, desalination, nanotechnology & sustainability etc.
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Golden Age Of India
Informative story: Golden Age Of India.
Guptas oversaw a period of great cultural & artistic excellence...
and remarkable achievements in many science & technologies...
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Helen Keller Listened
“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.”
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Holistic Healing
Informative story exploring world’s oldest holistic healing (whole body) system Ayurveda.
Comparisons with orthodox medical treatments & Maori medicine Rongoa.
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How Eggs Fertilize?
"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."
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How Eggs Form?
"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."
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How Eggs Hatch?
"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."
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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."
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How To Fill Air In A Car Tyre
Rosh 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.
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How Was I Born?
"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?"
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Internet - The New Nicotine
“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!”
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Invisibility Cloak
“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 …
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Is Cancer Not A Disease?
Is 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
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Just Feel The Beat
"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."
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Memoirs Of An Intern
Insightful 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.
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Moses Saves The Israelites
Josh 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...
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Murugan - The Padman
Inspiring Story: Murugan - The Padman
Arunachalam Muruganantham revolutionized menstrual health for poor Indian rural women with his low-cost sanitary pad maker
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Outlook 2017
Insightful Story: Outlook 2017
Rosh reflects on technological progress in varied sectors from transportation to health to decide future family investment
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Perils Of Teen Bodybuilding
"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."
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Raising 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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