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Children shoot tough questions at Nobel
laureates
Friday January 06, 2012 11:20:13 AM,
IANS
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Bhubaneswar:
Why does hair turn grey as we grow old? Why can't water available
on the moon be brought to earth? These were some of the questions
posed by children to Nobel laureates participating in the Indian
Science Congress (ISC) here.
Some of the questions asked by the children participating in the
Children Science Congress - running parallel to the ISC - left the
Nobel winners speechless.
Manvendra Sharma, a Class 7 student from Haryana, asked scientist
Richard R. Ernst - who won the prestigious prize for chemistry -
why hair turns grey with age. Ernst had no logical answer to it
and said: "It is a difficult question. It is a biological process
and not a bad thing to happen. It is one of the unsolved questions
still."
The 99th edition of the event at the Kalinga Institute of
Industrial Technology (KIIT) witnessed the participation of some
of the brightest minds in the science world, including Nobel
laureates like Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Kurt Wüthrich and Ernst.
Over 1,000 children are participating in the Children Science
Congress - an event that brings science closer to the young
generation of the country. The first Children Science Congress was
held in 1993.
Every day children get to interact with a Nobel laureate as part
of the event. Some innovative science projects are also being
exhibited as part of the event.
Shivan Pandey from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Jaipur, had another
interesting question - why abundant water on moon could not be
used on earth to meet the shortage of water?
"I don't think it is feasible to draw water from moon for usage on
earth. Not all things can be used in the world and some are just
for beauty," Ernst replied to the Class 5 student.
Bahar Stuti Dutt, who studies in Class 6 in the Andaman and
Nicobar islands, asked how the impact of radiation from mobile
phones could be reduced.
"The mobile phone has both positive and negative impacts but there
are no studies to prove any significant health impact of radiation
from it. It will have a harmful impact when we misuse it by using
it for hours," he said.
Children attending the conference are enjoying these sessions.
"This is the best part of the Children Science Congress as we get
to interact with Nobel laureates. It is really nice to get our
queries answered by them," said Pulkit Singh, a Class 8 student.
The ISC is on from Jan 3-7.
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