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aliens exist
Do

W H AT IS
SETI?
How did Birbal
THERE IS A SCIENCE
help the astrologer?
BEHIND SWING BOWLING
FOLKTALE
Once, somebody informed Emperor Akbar that
a certain astrologer in the city was bragging
about his accurate predictions everywhere.
Akbar summoned the astrologer to his court

Akbar Birbal:
and thought of testing the accuracy of his
predictions. When the astrologer presented
himself in the durbar, he said, “I have heard that

Birbal Helps
you predict very accurately.” The astrologer was
filled with great fear and awe as he was

an Astrologer
standing in front of the mightiest of the kings.
Not even a single word could come out of his
mouth and he kept standing with folded hands.
Akbar asked, “O’ learned astrologer, you shall be
handsomely rewarded if you are able to answer
just a simple question of mine. Tell me, when
will you die?”
The astrologer was shaking with fear and did
not know what to say. He thought for a
moment and then said that he will have to
consult his charts to predict correctly. The
Emperor gave him one hour’s time to do so.
Instead of consulting his charts, the astrologer
went running to Birbal for help and described
the whole thing. Birbal thought of a brilliant
answer and told the astrologer what to say in
front of the Emperor.
The astrologer returned to the court and told
the king, “I will die three days before you,
Jahanpanah!” Akbar could make out that the
astrologer was bluffing, but did not want to
take a chance. Like every other human being,
he did not want to know the time of his death,
so he let him go. Thus the astrologer was able to
save his life with the help of clever Birbal. That
day onwards, he never bragged about
anything.

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How Many of each Alien can You see?

Stories in Rhyme What If

When I see the new moon lightly

Through cloud ripples slip,
Then I'm sure that shining brightly
It's a fairy ship!
What if in it we were sailing
Far and far away,
With a wake of silver trailing,
Till the golden day?
Why, we'd fly back home together
Safely from the sky,
For the moon's a fairy feather
When the sun is high!
CASA & ASA
Discoveries and Inventions

How will
we discover
extra terrestrial
life?

Project SETI (search for extraterrestrial are building an Allen Array Telescope
intelligence) began actively in 1960 which would be able to check more
when an American astronomer Frank stars and the planets orbiting around
Drake started searching for radio sig- them with higher precision.
nals from two stars near Earth. Since 1998, astronomers in Harvard
SETI is based at the University of Cali- University have been keenly looking to
fornia and the purpose of this project is intercept pulse optical signals. The
to use radio telescopes from around Planetary Society (Headquarters in Pas-
the world to scan the sky to look for adena, California) also surveys the sky
special patterns in radio waves that for optical extraterrestrial signals using
could have been sent by some alien a large telescope.
civilization in space. Certain spacecrafts like Pioneer 10 and
There is a huge radio telescope 11, Voyager 1 and 2 carry a record with
installed at Arecibo, Puerto Rico that information about Earth and the
catches all the radio signals floating achievements of the human civiliza-
around in space. This telescope has a tion.
huge bowl-shaped dish which is almost This has been done keeping in mind
1000 feet in diameter and takes pride in that if the aliens do happen to come
being the world’s largest stationary across these spacecrafts, they are able
radio telescope. to access detailed and more important-
The researchers analyze thousands of ly,to accurate information united,
form Edison-Swan about which
our
radio signals intercepted through this planet easily.
telescope daily. Currently, astronomers
 Tickle
Q: How do you get a
baby alien to sleep?
A: You rocket

your
funny
bone
Q: What did the astronaut cook in the pan?
A: Unidentified frying objects

Q:What do you get when you cross an alien

with something white and fluffy?
A: A martian-mellow

spot ten differences

 comic story

einstien iyengar
The Science of Swing Bowling

With the Indian Premier League around the corner, the school had organized
an interschool premier league, an IPL of their own.

Nitin was bowled out by Rubin’s first ball and the ground went mute.

"I don’t understand how

the ball swung. It was
quite unreal. Either he is a
really good bowler or the
ball is magical."

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 Eeshan noticed Rubin’s bowling technique with Nitin and Martin at
other matches. Rubin used to keep running his hand over his hair
before bowling every ball to the batsman. During the match he
also noticed Rubin scuff the seam of the cricket ball.

“Nitin, Murthy Sir had applied aerodynamics in class to explain swing bowling.
You know, the seam of a cricket ball divides it into two sides, the smooth side
and the rough side."

Rubbing lubricants Scuffing the ball

like gel on one side makes it rougher.
makes it smooth. This is called ball
tampering.

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A swing is only generated if there is a pressure difference between the two
sides of the ball which comes with a minimum speed known as the critical
speed. A new ball can be tampered with so that the difference is prominent.

Is that why
Rubin wears so
much hair gel?

Possibly!

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They immediately went to Mr. Murthy and then the match referee and told
them what was going on. After the neutral referee observed closely what
was happening, he declared Rubin's school disqualified.

At the celebratory dinner, Eeshan and

Good catch Eeshan, even his friends were sitting with the coach.
though you are not in
the team you played
your part well.

“He had to, Sir.

Eeshan is our
12th man."
Pondering
Corner

Do Aliens Exist?
There are more than 1 trillion planets in the Milky Way galaxy. Nobody knows if some of them
underwent a climatic and geographical change like Earth and developed conditions favourable
for the sustenance of life. There are many instances in history which bring up questions about life
outside Earth.
Ancient architectural wonders like the Stonehenge in England and Egypt’s pyramid of Giza raise
questions. How were the people then, able to make such massive and magnificent structures with-
out any advanced construction tools and knowledge of architectural engineering?
The Polynesian island of Easter Island is famous for its 887 giant human figures also known as
‘Maoi.’ How could the early human beings have built such astonishing structures without any sup-
port from someone far intelligent and technologically superior?
In many ancient Indian epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, there is a mention of mythical
flying objects called vimanas. Were the writers referring to alien spacecrafts?
It is said that Akhenaten, the 10th Pharaoh of Egypt, had an unusually elongated skull, unlike
human beings, as shown in paintings and carvings in ancient pyramids. Was he from some other
world?
According to an ancient legend, King Solomon of Israel had a unique flying vehicle, in which he
travelled across the world.
On the planet Jupiter, lived an alien
named Tilly, with mother and father. The
planet was dotted with little families that
had lived on Jupiter for generations.
There was a flash of light one day and
dust began to fly. A large metal object
appeared and Tilly let out a scream!

Complete the Story...

fun facts
with Hamlet the Hamster
To know or not to know,
that is the question!
Well, wouldn’t you prefer to know?

Facts About Earth

Earth gets its name from the 8th century Anglo
Saxon word “erda” meaning soil.

Planet Earth is not totally round. It is flattened

at the North and South poles.

The temperature at the centre of the Earth- the

Earth’s core- is hotter than the temperature of
the surface of the sun, at 7500 K.

Earth was initially just composed of hydrogen

and helium. Particles from broken stars fell on
the Earth and made life on Earth possible.
40,000 dust particles from stars land on Earth
every year. We are made of stars!
Which Planet Will the Alien
Land On?

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