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ANTS DO CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT COORDINATION.. Leaf-cutter ants build super highways to transfer food and building material hunderds of metres without communicating with each other, scientist claimed that, in finding that could prompt rethink about how some insect communities organise themselves. It had long been thought that the ants organise megaprojects by communicating with one another, assigning specialist to remove debris. But, each ant seems to act alone, solving environmental problems such as removing as they are encountered.

Why do substances burn with or without a flame? Have you ever observed either a coal or a wood fire? If not, the next time you get a chance, take close note of what happens when the wood or coal starts to burn. You have seen above that a candle or the LPG in the gas stove burns with a flame. However, you will observe the coal or charcoal in an ‘angithi’ sometimes just glows red and gives out heat without a flame. This is because a flame is only produced when gaseous substances burn. When wood or charcoal is ignited, the volatile substances present vapourise and burn with a flame in the beginning. A luminous flame is seen when the atoms of the gaseous substance are heated and start to glow. The colour produced by each element is a characteristic property of that element. Try and heat a copper wire in the flame of a gas stove and observe its colour. You have seen that incomplete combustion gives soot which is carbon. On this basis, what will you attribute the yellow colour of a ca

Formation of coal and petroleum Coal and petroleum have been formed from biomass which has been subjected to various biological and geological processes. Coal is the remains of trees, ferns, and other plants that lived millions of years ago. These were crushed into the earth, perhaps by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. They were pressed down by layers of earth and rock. They slowly decayed into coal. Oil and gas are the remains of millions of tiny plants and animals that lived in the sea. When they died, their bodies sank to the sea bed and were covered by silt. Bacteria attacked the dead remains, turning them into oil and gas under the high pressures they were being subjected to. Meanwhile, the silt was slowly compressed into rock. The oil and gas seeped into the porous parts of the rock, and got trapped live water in a sponge. Can you guess why coal and petroleum are called fossil.

DO YOU KNOW? How do alcohols affect living beings? When large quantities of ethanol are consumed, it tends to slow metabolic processes and to depress the central nervous system. This results in lack of coordination, mental confusion, drowsiness, lowering of the normal inhibitions, and finally stupour. The individual may feel relaxed but does not realise that his sense of judgement, sense of timing, and muscular coordination have been seriously impaired. Unlike ethanol, intake of methanol in very small quantities can cause death. Methanol is oxidised to methanal in the liver. Methanal reacts rapidly with the components of cells. It causes the protoplasm to get coagulated, in much the same way an egg is coagulated by cooking. Methanol also affects the optic nerve, causing blindness. Ethanol is an important industrial solvent. To prevent the misuse of ethanol produced for industrial use, it is made unfit for drinking by adding poisonous substances like methanol to it. Dyes are al

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○There are downsides with an entrepreneur and most of that revolves around unpredictability of work, money etc. Entrepreneurs typically have it tougher from lenders, most of which revolves around unpredictably of work, money, etc.  However, fundamentals to getting a good score are predictable. Good credit scores, given all other parameters, ideally translate into competitive rates and higher santion limits. Here is a list to help you. 1)PAYMENTS Missed, delayed payments have a direct coorelation with a negative impact on scores. Pay dues on time, everytime and pay up the promised amount. This translates into racking up a good score. Set reminders for Equated Monthly Installment payments,  so you don't get mauled by late payments. 2) CREDIT PORTFOLIO:-  A plethora of unsecured personal loans is often viewed negatively. Diversification of credit is always a positive in the credit scoring company. All other customer Paramaters being equal, it has been observed that custome

AVOID THESE MISTAKES WHILE PLANNING YOUR TAXES THIS YEAR:- It's that time of the year again! TIME to save as much income tax as possible before March 31 deadline. It is also the time of year when you are being bombarded by information and advice from all Quarters; family, freinds, neighboues, colleagues, and the internet. If you don't exercise caution, you might act on unsuitable advice and end up making costly mistakes. Here are five pitfalls that you need to be aware of before you set your tax saving plan in action this year. 1) SAVING TAX WHEN YOU DON'T NEED TO: While income tax slabs from Rs 2,50,000 that is the first Rs 2,50,000 is not taxable, there is a standard Rs 40,000 exemption for all. Include other components such as House Rent Allowance and Provident Fund, you will find that typically, income over Rs 4,00,000 is acutually taxable. Therefore, check if you really need to save tax. If you don't, direct your savings towards other long term goals.

The mass media include a wide variety of forms, including television, newspapers, films, magazines, radio, advertisements, video games and CDs. They are referred to as ‘mass’ media because they reach mass audiences – audiences comprised of very large numbers of people. They are also sometimes referred to as mass communications. For many in your generation it is probably difficult to imagine a world without some form of mass media and communications. The Beginnings of Modern Mass Media:- The first modern mass media institution began with the development of the printing press. Although the history of print in certain societies dates back to many centuries, the first attempts at printing books using modern technologies began in Europe. This technique was first developed by Johann Gutenberg in 1440. Initial attempts at printing were restricted to religious books.       (Visuals of a Printing Press and a TV Newsroom in 21st Century, India) With the Industrial Revolution, the prin

Thermodynamics is the branch of physics that deals with the concepts of heat and temperature and the inter-conversion of heat and other forms of energy. Thermodynamics is a macroscopic science. It deals with bulk systems and does not go into the molecular constitution of matter. In fact, its concepts and laws were formulated in the nineteenth century before the molecular picture of matter was firmly established. Thermodynamic description involves relatively few macroscopic variables of the system, which are suggested by common sense and can be usually measured directly. A microscopic description of a gas, for example, would involve specifying the co-ordinates and velocities of the huge number of molecules constituting the gas. The description in kinetic theory of gases is not so detailed but it does involve molecular distribution of velocities. Thermodynamic description of a gas, on the other hand, avoids the molecular description altogether. Instead, the state of a gas in thermodynam