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Knowledgemagazineindia
KnowledgeMagIND
KnowledgeMagInd
Volume 6 Issue 6 • October 2016
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SCIENCE
•
HISTORY
•
NATURE
• FOR THE CURIOUS MIND
Ideas
Our wOrld
abOut tO change
Audacious
innovations
whose time
has come
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KnowledgeMagIND
KnowledgeMagInd
Volume 6 Issue 6 • October 2016
`125
SCIENCE
•
HISTORY
•
NATURE
• FOR THE CURIOUS MIND
Ideas
Our wOrld
abOut tO change
78
60
Audacious
innovations
whose time
has come
p26
Basking adder: sam/Paul HoBson, getty images x4, illustrations:Pierre daniel kleinHouse / james olstein, mary evans
R.N.I. MAHENG/2010/35422
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CoveR stoRy
Ideas About To Change Our World
Take a look at technologies and
concepts expected to revolutionise
our future
FeatuRes
40
10 Weirdest Things Evolution Left In Your Body
Find out what traits from our species’ history are
still extant within us
42
RegulaRs
Our panel of experts answer the
questions you’ve always wanted to ask
View outstanding photographs
that inform and engage
We’re bringing you the technology
of tomorrow, today
We present expert analysis of these recurring
cosmic phenomena
Meet the creepy-crawly denizens of Borneo’s
vast network of caves
40
Truth can be stranger than fiction. Learn the real
history behind science fiction’s greatest classics
42
The Phantom Menace
06
Q&A
Find out the veracity of some of the most
commonly held beliefs we have about the world
48
Busting The Myths Of Modern Life
14
Snapshot
Cloning was one of the most exciting discoveries 20
years ago. What is its legacy today?
60
Where Are All The Clones?
16
Innovations
Get a glimpse into the hidden world of
Britain’s only venomous snake
Trace the exchange of ideas that shaped ancient
civilisations throughout history
2
October 2016
66
On The Trail Of The Adder
22
Questions At The Frontier Of: Solar Flares
73
Global Encounters Of The Ancient Kind
54
Portfolio: Going Underground
86 73
36
52
26
78
How Do We Know: How Animals
Perceive The World
Discover how science decoded the
myriad senses and instincts which
animals experience
92
Edu Talk
We interview Anuradha Joshi,
principal of Sardar Patel Vidyalaya
93
Games Page
84
Inside the Pages
Browse through our literary treasure
trove stocked with the latest releases
and top bestsellers
Pick which gaming console is best
suited for you and get expert tips on
being a Pokemon Trainer
94
Gadgets
86
Comment & Analysis
Author and historian Urvashi Butalia
traces the position of Indian women in
society through history
We present a mixed bag featuring
some of the coolest tech on
the market
96
In Focus: William Shakespeare
89
Puzzle Pit
We all know The Bard’s plays; now get
to know the man behind the quill
Tuck into a veritable buffet of
brainteasers guaranteed to test your mind
48
89
FrOM THE
EDITOr
expeRts this issue
Emanuele Biggi
is an Italian naturalist, TV
presenter and avid photographer. He has a
fascination with little known wildlife species.
In this issue, he shares snaps of the
creatures in Borneo’s caves.
See page 54
Nigel Hand
is a British ecologist specialising
in amphibians and reptiles. He has
produced series on BBC television and
co-authored a book on Herefordshire’s
indigenous wildlife. In this issue, he explores the world of
the poisonous adder.
See page 66
Michael Scott
is a professor teaching
Classics and Ancient History at the University
of Warwick. He has presented various series
on BBC television. In this issue, he recounts
the significant instances of ancient cultures exchanging
ideas and technology.
See page 73
Urvashi Butalia
is an Indian publisher and
social activist. She founded India’s first
feminist publishing house, Kali For Women.
In this issue, she traces the social position
of women through Indian history.
See page 86
Change really is the only constant. A guarantee
that no matter how our present is, it is bound to
get different. New ideas drive the world. Every
day and everywhere we know, in all quiet corners
of cities and countries around the globe, talented
minds are chipping away, trying to unlock tiny
and big truths, trying to put pieces of puzzles
together to make sense of the world. Once in a
while you may hear of one big discovery but more
frequently you hear of innovations, the successful
results of the many puzzles solved by those same
talented minds that had been chipping away in all corners. Our big cover
story this month lists out top such contemporary innovations.
39 Ideas
About to Change Our World
(pg 26) will paint a very lucid picture of
how our immediate future will look like. A must-read. As is the rest of
the issue.
Since we have been talking about change
,
this issue will be my last
one as editor.
For me, working on Knowledge has been like eating dessert for breakfast.
Everyday. It has been such a fun ride, such pure joy. It will soon be six years
since we published the first edition –
Days That Changed the World
in
November of 2010. While working on a strategy, in terms of how to position
the content of the magazine and what kind of stories to bring into its pages,
we were clear about a few things. That knowledge is worth attaining. That
knowledge will not be simplified beyond reason and we would never ‘dumb
it down’. That young Indian readers are very intelligent and deserve an
intelligent publication. Over the years, I tried to curate the magazine such
that it carried the best of what excites us about our world. We covered topics
that naturally evoked curiosity, a sense of glee, of wonder in all of us.
I leave you with a favourite quote of mine by Albert Einstein that somehow
epitomises what BBC Knowledge does for me. “The more I know, the more
I realise how much I don’t know”.
Here is toast to many more years of inspired reading and learning.
Cheers
mrigank sHarma (india sutra)
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