Baati
Baati is a hard, unleavened bread cooked in the desert areas of Rajasthan,[1] Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. It is prized there for its long shelf life and high nutritional content, as well as the minimal quantity of water required for its preparation. It is...

Nanotechnology
Imagine a world where microscopic medical implants patrol our arteries, diagnosing ailments and fighting disease; where military battle-suits deflect explosions; where computer chips are no bigger than specks of dust; and where clouds of miniature space p...

Solar System
A planet is a astronomical object orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ...

Aviation
Just over 100 years after the Wright brothers first flew into history, the burgeoning aviation industry is suffering growing pains. In 2003, 1.7 billion passengers criss-crossed the skies. If current trends continue, that number will rise to a staggering ...

Rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents of the superfamily Muroidea. "True rats" are members of the genus Rattus, the most important of which to humans are the black rat, Rattus rattus, and the brown rat, Rattus norvegicus. Many members of othe...

Mona Lisa
Does the Mona Lisa have an older sister who looks younger? the owners of a portrait known as the Isleworth Mona Lisa will claim that Leonardo da Vinci painted their version a decade before the iconic masterpiece that hangs in the Louvre. The portrait k...

Dental Tourism
Dental tourism (also called dental vacations) is a subset of the sector known as medical tourism. It involves individuals seeking dental care outside of their local healthcare systems and may be accompanied by a vacation. Dental tourism is growing worldwi...

Disaster Tourism
Disaster tourism is the act of traveling to a disaster area as a matter of curiosity. The behavior can be a nuisance if it hinders rescue, relief, and recovery operations...

Drug Tourism
Drug tourism is travel for the purpose of obtaining or using drugs for personal use that are unavailable or illegal in one’s home jurisdiction. Drug tourism can be also defined as the phenomenon by which one’s travel experience involves the cons...

Extreme Tourism
Extreme tourism (also often referred to as shock tourism, although both concepts do not appear strictly similar) is a niche in the tourism industry involving travel to dangerous places (mountains, jungles, deserts, caves, canyons, etc.) or participation i...