Large collection of Free Learning Material

Got some free time and want to spend it to learn something new, here is a list of some of the resources you can use for learning new topics in science and technology or some new programming languages. Some of these include E-books from  NASA and Microsoft and lectures and notes from other sources

Another Earth Like Planet Found 12 Light Years Away

A team of astronomers have announced that Tau Ceti - a star 12 light years away from Earth-  has five planets revolving around it and one of them may be in the habitable zone of the star. 

Some of The Free Blogging Platforms

A blog is personalized webpage or web gallery where you can share your thoughts , experience and memories and  get paid for that too.  In modern times, blogging has come as powerful way for people to express themselves. 

Any individual, institution or a company can create a blog to share photos, memories and expressing their thoughts without spending anything( in most cases). A popular blog can have audience any part of the globe.

500 new phases of matter based on quantum physics defined

In a recent paper in Science , some physicists successfully place a system which can classify symmetry protected phases. Physicists have classifed matter in new kind of order called topology rather than the classical model. Condensed matter physics – the branch of physics responsible for discovering and

describing most of these phases – has traditionally classified phases by the way their fundamental building blocks – usually atoms – are arranged. The key is something called symmetry.

Traditionally the matter has been classified as solid, liquid, gases and plasma based on the symmetry of the material. For example, going through the crystals of liquid water, one would see the same amount of atoms coming from top,

21st December- Another fake end of the world

21st December claimed to be the end of the world, has come out to be another fake incident regarding the end of the world. In fact it can be considered as the prank of the decade.

Based on certain Maya calendars scholars  and people around the world start spreading and believing that world is really going to end on 21st December 2012 by some natural disaster or by some divine force. There was even a movie grossing $769 million on the box-office based on the prediction.

Getting desired results from google

Google is the most widely used search engine. But it has lots more up its sleeves than just showing simple search results. Using some of the following tricks you can get a lot of  detailed results from Google search which are generally unknown.

Exact Words and Phrases:

One of the most basic and widely known search tricks is using quotation marks to search for an exact phrase. For example, if you seaerch "Hello World" you’ll only get pages that contain the word “Hello” followed by the word “World.”