She walked across the stage with a glass of water. The audience held their breath as she did so, “…and if a bead of water goes down the glass, you can hear them gasp…” says Alan Alda. Even as you wonder what great suspense is held within that glass of water, Alan Alda, the American actor, says: “An engaging story is one that has a dramatic obstacle in it. I was too impressed by his surgical gown to say: ‘Put the knife down and tell me what you mean by tethering’. If scientists could communicate in a way that their passion could rub off on others, we would improve the general understanding out there.

Source: The Hindu February 01, 2018 21:00 UTC