The quest-a thirst unquenchable..

Quest - a thrust unquestionable..

“You have given me deeper thirsting after life. Surely there is no greater gift to a man than that which turns all his aims into parching lips and all life into a fountain. And in this lies my honour and my reward, – That whenever I come to the fountain to drink I find the living water itself thirsty; it drinks me while I drink it.” – Khalil Gibran

Monthly Archive: November 2016

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curiosity corner / For members / pleasure of knowledge

Question time!!How is the oxygen differentiated from other gases in our respiratory system?

  The atmosphere contains several gases. A person inhales that combination but how is the oxygen differentiated from that in our respiratory system? We inhale oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen and also exhale the same gases, though in different proportions to inhalation; that is, oxygen is exchanged for...

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A moon/candle in the dark night / For members / View from Giants' shoulder

Tuesday with Bill-“Hey Bill Nye, What Keeps You Up at Night?”

This week’s question arrives via Big Think producer Elizabeth — What’s Bill Nye frightened of? In two words: climate change. Listen to him here [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”1″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”45″ disable_keyboard=”0″]crOxXrFYTec[/wpdevart_youtube] Transcript – Elizabeth Rodd: Hi...

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english language lab-ell / For members / show case-inspirational

One of the greatest speech ever-Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have A Dream Speech

  Listen to him here [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”1″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”false” initial_volume=”100″ disable_keyboard=”0″]H0yP4aLyq1g[/wpdevart_youtube]

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For members / pleasure of knowledge / View from Giants' shoulder

10 Times Bill Nye The Science Guy Blew Our Minds Part Three (Re-posted from ScienceNet)

More great tidbits of science from Bill! Part 3 of our series of awesome moments from the classic Bill Nye The Science Guy show. See it below [wpdevart_youtube width=”640″ height=”385″ autoplay=”0″ theme=”dark” loop_video=”0″ enable_fullscreen=”1″ show_related=”0″ show_popup=”0″ thumb_popup_width=”213″ thumb_popup_height=”128″ show_title=”0″ show_youtube_icon=”0″ show_annotations=”1″ show_progress_bar_color=”red” autohide_parameters=”1″ set_initial_volume=”true” initial_volume=”45″ disable_keyboard=”0″]ZBEi6np3EJY[/wpdevart_youtube]

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For members / In memoriam

Past activities of the forum(2010-2015)some random snaps

A glimpse of the activities of the quest forum and other activities organized by quest members.It was started in 2010 with two members B.Prasad and Abimanu Chawla(Project Trainee from VIT).The latter coined the name and designed the logo of the forum.Flesh to the forum was added by Mr.Narveer...