It’s happening. Everything we’re doing Out There seems to have one
objective: to boldly go where not many men have gone before...
and check out whether many men can live there!
What are your thoughts on living someplace other than Earth?
Have you ever thought about what would be required from our bodies,
from our minds, from our diets? I hadn’t really thought about it –
till I read Surviving Space, our cover story this issue. And it really
made me wonder...
Our Knowledge Community gave us some interesting cues in
what they would take to Mars if they were to be space colonists.
Take a look at pg 8.
We have other great stories this issue too: There are the robots
who learn; how far will they go? There are driverless cars;
are you ready to turn the steering wheel over to them? All this social
media; is it doing the opposite of what it was conceived for?
That King Arthur; did he really exist?
Enough with the questions! We have beautiful photographs of
the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, and a celebration of Harry Potter
being 20 magical years in our lives...
Because, when it comes down to it, some of us are certainly not going
to be on the first ship to Mars, or the Moon... and hey, that’s okay!
There’s so much, anyway, to celebrate here on Earth!KnowledgemagazineindiaKnowledgeMagIndKnowledgeMagINDDownload this current issue from
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EXPERTS THIS ISSUE
Dr. Lewis Ryan Dartnell is an author,
presenter and professor of science
communication at the University of
Westminster. He is best known as a
popular science writer, especially for
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild our
World from Scratch. In this issue, he
explores the possibilities of how our
bodies do and can behave in space and
whether humans can lead a life among
the stars – a la Star Trek.Robert Banino is a journalist and editor
who contributes to BBC Focus magazine.
This issue, he sheds light on the future
of driverless cars and how they might
create as many as problems as they
would solve.Dr Peter John Bentley is a British author
and computer scientist based
at University College London. In this
issue, he details the growth and
development of AI, and how robots can
be evolved into machines with emotions,
instead of terminators.Padma Shri Urvashi Bhutalia is
a prominent Indian author and publisher,
In this issue, she profiles the Indian
sub-continent's famous writer – Saadat
Hasan Manto.ARE WE
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