THE MISSING BONE

Darwin's Doubt: My dog-eared paperback book As the book's title suggests, this reading is going to be about difference of thought process around evolution between the common Darwinian model and the other being where the author wants its readers to focus, the fact that multitude of fossil records do not depict gradual change through microevolutionary variations with mere accumulation of tiny changes in morphology, that is the Cambrian Explosion. Picture by - Fossil of Trilobite Stephen Meyer is quite elaborate and succinct in putting forth details on the Cambrian period. This period, in evolutionary terms, is a period where evolution theories take on a paradoxical spontaneity. The most sudden explosion of a variety of unique life forms happened in this period of evolutionary history.  The book presents an elegant dialogue that revolves around Palaeontology, Geology, Molecular Biology and Epigenetics to assist in explaining scientific challenges to underst...

Image: Pixabay-Seanbatty Like the hours before the dawn appear murky, skepticism hits our psyche right before the world witnesses a technological breakthrough. This century, we are engrossed in a mind-bending dialogue with ourselves whether Artificial Intelligence is going to be a Frankenstein experience or a 21st-century mega invention.  Image: Pixabay-darksouls1 My two cents to the world would rather be to not indulge in dialogue but to look at both the parameters and decide for ourselves how we maneuver around it. Take a moment with me and peek, not too far, but only in the 19th and 20th centuries. Skim through the brouhaha and behold the wonders of Telegraph, Sewing Machine, Photography, Internet, Television, and many more. These are only a few jargons to name and much to our anticipation, they brought immense commotion along with relief in disbelief to our lives. However, it has always been up to us whether we let these things spoil us or use them judic...

PC:  riedelmeier-Pixabay Tickle The Sleeping Brain: Ever wondered why there is this nagging and a never-ending fight between the two genders - male and female trying to perhaps, prove which one is stronger than the other ? The real tug of war is basically based on rights and duties. Who would know what and how things took place in history that has its ripples alive till date such that women seem to have to fight for basic rights for their cause and some misunderstood assumptions are born which tell men that somehow, their rights are being snatched away in the process of making way for women. The basic idea of right to live in peace professed in almost all global social movements is lost in the milieu of ignorance and flawed disposition of pride and arrogance. PC:  iqbalnuril-Pixabay Something Very Basic: All kinds of global social movements like Civil Rights, Peace movement, Feminism, Abortion Rights, Equality, Ecofeminism, Transgender Rights, Black Li...

Boredom is an outcome of monotony . It is not the lack of something but the inability to bring in the change that can make us feel rejuvenated again. Quite honestly, boredom is one of the major disorders of our lives and there is no cure as such except to drag our chained feet somehow. Is it, really? PC: Image By banksadam Pixabay What Causes Boredom: 1. Disguised Discipline: Nobody ever wants to feel bored and lethargic. But, we often tend to fall in the abyss, willingly or unwillingly. Yes, you read me correct. Willingly! We do certain things in our daily routine that is outright outrageous for our happiness - like doing the same old chore in the same old manner at the same old time, daily, every single day - just like a robot, in the guise of discipline! Come on, have we not heard?    "If you cannot do great things,  do small things in a great way ." - Napolean Hill. PC:  Image by chezbeate from Pixabay 2. Living In A Rut: The other day I was profusely bored. I m...

    PC:   Image by Gabriela Kania from Pixabay  What is more worrisome to you, those mistakenly dropped strands in your food or those tangled in your comb? Well, both are equally frightening, including those which you see going down the drain in front of your eyes as you watch helplessly like a mute spectator. Each one of us is fully aware of the horror of hair loss. The affect such a loss has on our psyche to that terror we feel at the dead of night thinking of solutions to stop the recession, err...the hair loss, has an immense impact on us. And, we got nothing but to pat our 'light-head' to sleep. Gruesome sketch, right? But it is what it is! When we start losing hair and we no longer wake up to dreams of face and hands full of extra voluminous hair out of nowhere as we once used to, the terror depicted above stands valid.  What A Malady:  Hair is a natural resource. We are born with it. Those sitting on scalp are believed to be the most sought after and...

Without knowledge, I once grabbed cranberries for a leisure munching, imagining them to taste sweet by their look.  Later I was scampering to look for a recipe to make something out of it and not let it go waste.  Cranberries in reality taste too sour. However, they taste amazing when  dried or cooked.  Cake seemed to be a great idea as I had eaten it before somewhere.  This is going to be a very simple recipe of a homemade cake with just an addition of cranberries. Let us go step by step:  Even though originally the secret ingredient to cooking or baking is a smile that pirouettes on your face, specific ingredients are listed below. 1. Dry Ingredients: Gather two small to medium sized cups of all-purpose flour. One cup of fine sugar. You can replace sugar with honey/ maple syrup/ agave. If you replace sugar, add it later with wet ingredients (Step 2) One spoon salt One spoon baking powder Give it a mix by simple whipping or with a hand ble...

I have not ventured far and beyond to observe birds, flourishing vegetation or made a tour to many national parks so far. Nevertheless, I have had a few interactions with local flora and fauna community once or twice and that is when I got an opportunity to offer little help to make them thrive and sustain. Image by katja from Pixabay It turns out, even if you have not had an opportunity to venture in the Jungles and Prairies like those who make a difference in community by providing their efforts in the restoration of life and vegetation, you can still come across few to several occasions when you can pat yourself on the back.   Image by Nilanka Sampath from Pixabay Some years ago during the season of heavy snowfall, an eagle fell with a thud on the icy snow after having flown right across a glass window. It hurt its wings so bad that the blood started oozing out. I happened to witness her predicament right from her hapless flight to the fall. The only help I could think of to off...