Reveling the mystery of Batticaloa lagoon

According to Oxford dictionary the word mystery defined as “Something that is difficult or impossible to understand or explain”. So revealing it is to make it understandable or giving an acceptable explanation. The mystery mentioned here is the very special musical ability of Batticaloa lagoon which is iconic to Batticaloa. The lagoon is 56 kilometers long which extends from Eravur (Batticaloa District) in the north to Kalmunai (Ampara District) in the south. To full fill the criteria of a lagoon it

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வியப்பூட்டும் துகள்கள் (Amazing Particles)

சொட்டு பௌதிகம் (quantum physics)  கடந்த நூற்றாண்டின் மிக முக்கிய கண்டுபிடிப்புகளில் ஒன்றாக விளங்குவது துகள்கள் பற்றிய பௌதீகமாகும். சரியாக கூறுவதானால் இது விஞ்ஞானத்தின் மிகபெரிய திருப்பு முனையாகும். எனினும் இது எம்மக்களிடையே மிகவும் அறியபடாத உண்மையாகும். துகள்கள் பற்றிய பௌதீகம் என்பது ஆங்கிலத்தில் Particle Physics என அழைக்கப்படும். இதில் முக்கிய அங்கமாக விளங்குவது குவாண்டம் அதாவது சொட்டுக்கள் என தமிழில் அழைக்கப்படும் பகுதியாகும். சொட்டுகள் அல்லது குவாண்டம் பற்றிய விதியானது மிகவும் விசித்திரமானது. அதை விளங்கிக்கொள்ள முயலும் பொழுது நாம் விஞ்ஞான பூர்வமான பகுத்தறிவிலிருந்து முற்றாக விடுபடவேண்டி நேரும். அதுமட்டுமல்லாமல் நாம் காரண காரிய நிதர்சனமான மற்றும் நிச்சயமான உலகிலிருந்து வேறு ஒரு உலகிற்குச் செல்லவேண்டி நேரும். இவ்வுலகமானது தனக்கே உரித்தான

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Batticaloa Lagoon and Its Estuarine Flow

Batticaloa District is part of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka and Batticaloa Town is the seat of the District Administration. The District Secretariat and the District Heads of other Departments are located in the Batticaloa town. BATTICALOA LAGOON Batticaloa Lagoon is a very large estuarine lagoon in Batticaloa District, of Eastern Sri Lanka. The city of Batticaloa is located on a narrow stretch of land between the lagoon and the Indian Ocean. Batticaloa District is flourished with three lagoons,

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Do Aliens Exist?

A question that has always puzzled us since we were kids was the existence of aliens. As of today there are no real proof the existence of aliens but that doesn’t stop us from speculating on their existence. We can take a mathematical approach in predicting the existence of aliens in our universe, as it does seem quite viable that in a vast space stretching 92 billion light-years (1 light-year is 9.46 trillion kilometers), there being at least some form

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Ways The Universe Could End

The universe came into existence by an explosion dubbed as the ‘Big Bang’. Even though such an idea remains as a theory, scientists have produced significant amounts of evidence, including the ever expanding universe to convince the scientific community. However collecting similar evidence for the end of the universe still remains a challenge, especially due to the ‘accelerating universe’ phenomenon. The universe began its expansion since the big bang, however counterintuitively the rate of expansion is increasing with time. Meaning

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Your Eyes as Time Machines

Have you ever wished you could go back in time to see what the universe looked like in the past? Well, you are doing that when you look into the sky, where light takes time to come to you. The moon, for example is about 240,000 miles away; it takes light about 1.3 seconds to travel from there to here. If a giant asteroid hit the moon, we wouldn’t see the explosion until 1.3 seconds later. Light from the sun,

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Higgs Boson – God particle revealed?

What with the name “God” First of all, before explaining about this Higgs Boson particle, I must clear one thing first. God had nothing to do with this particle, or the one who so-named “God particle”, Leon Lederman didn’t intended to call it that way. Higgs Boson, commonly known as God particle, initially termed as “Goddamn particle” in his book called – The God Particle: If the Universe Is the Answer, What is the Question?, but because of the publisher

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Gyroscope – Strange Force Behind

These days we are strongly depending on science and technology, and because of this intensive use, we would not be able to imagine the consequence of missing some of those technological gadgets. As one interested in science, would like to probe the mechanisms of those handy gadgets, only to find that, if not all, but most of these tools are based on things and ideas, that were long invented far ago, even as far as many centuries back. Only few

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Coastal Green Belt in Batticaloa: Is Casuarina A Success?

Coastal vegetations act as a barrier from soil erosion, salt spray, wind and provide protection from natural catastrophes as tsunami. Artificial coastal barriers are established for similar functions. This had tremendously increased following 2004 tsunami. Some plant species have been preferred for establishment of artificial coastal green belt. In Batticaloa, Casuarina has been a popular species for the green belt (more than 95%). The overall extent of Casuarina plantation is about 400ha. About 100ha had been planted by Forest Department

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