Saturday 29 June 2013

Guys ! Look at the Prize !

Shrishti Asthana, a Class 11 student from Millenium School, Mohali would be competing with 14 other finalists from around the world who would be taken to the Google headquarters in the US Sep 23. The winner will receive a 10-day trip to Galapagos Islands with National Geographic expeditions, $50,000 in scholarship funding and other prizes.
The Google Science Fair is an online science competition started in 2011. It is open to students of 13-18 years of age, who formulate hypothesis, perform experiments, and present results to a panel of experts.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Punjab-girl-to-represent-India-at-Google-Science-Fair/articleshow/20831677.cms

Saturday 15 June 2013

Lost city of Mahendraparvata discovered in Cambodian jungles

A lost city that thrived on a mist-shrouded Cambodian mountain 1,200 years ago has been discovered by archaeologists using airborne laser technology, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Saturday in a world exclusive.
Over two dozen temple sites have been discovered on the site, which is thought to have been built around 802 AD when the Angor Empire was founded.
It is believed to be the lost city of Mahendraparvata, located on a misty mountain called Phnom Kulen deep in the hinterland of Cambodia. It was thought to be built 350 years before the famed Angor Wat. A journalist and photographer from the newspaper accompanied the expedition, led by a French-born archaeologist, through the landmine-strewn jungle in the Siem Reap region where Angkor Wat is located.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/Lost-city-of-Mahendraparvata-discovered-in-Cambodian-jungles/articleshow/20603681.cms