in the air

Fly high

you don’t need to be a saint or a magician to be able to levitate. Wondering how? Well, British scientists say that the trick possibly lies in reverse Casimir force. In 1948, two Dutch physicists —Hendrik B. G. Casimir and Dirk Polder — detected that a certain force is exerted between two objects in order to make them stick together. They named the force the Casimir effect. Recent research has discovered that by reversing the force in a Vacuum, one object can repel another rather than attract it. However, scientists are also of the opinion that since the force is limited by its nature, it can only make micro objects levitate at present. This discovery is predicted to revolutionise designs of micro machines, gadgets, devices of daily use and computer chips. Now that gives enough reason to soar!

money talk

Learning to be rich

Reading comics is going to make you wiser, at least money wise, or so the Reserve Bank of India feels. The RBI is taking money matters to children and the masses through comics written by its employees to fuel general interest in it. The subjects range from savings, deposits to mortgages. These comics are modelled on popular folk tales like Wishes and Rainbows and The Story of a Cheque. These books are going to be distributed in schools, colleges and offices.