Science articles
Cleaning Oil Spills with your hair
Yup, you read that right! The answer to one of the environment’s most pressing problems might lie on the floor of your barber’s shop.
Vernacular Architecture
Vernacular architecture caters to the the culture, needs and environment of the individual, a cause almost forgotten in modern architecture. Here’s why it is so important
If it ain’t broke don’t fix it
Why does a tool that Neanderthals used 50,000 years ago, look exactly like the tool we still use today? Let’s find out
The New World of Online Education
In 8th grade, our English teacher read us the story “The Fun They Had” by Isaac Asimov. The story revolves around two children Margie and Tommy in the 2157. They find a old diary entry in their attic that talks about how school used to be in the ‘old’ days. The children are awed…
What do dreams mean?
We spend approximately 33% of our lives sleeping. Sleeping is pretty uneventful but while we sleep we do one pretty awesome and important activity. Dreaming. A dream also refers to (as Google describes it with its pretty ribbon of obfuscation) a cherished aspiration or ambition. Coincidence? I think not. Dreams show our innermost ambitions and…
A glimpse at the future…
How would life be 50 years down the line? Would it have the same conflicts, struggles and problems? Could time change the importance of family, people and the world around us ? Would it be able to change people? Why do people immediately think pessimistically about the future? The future could be a bright and…
Time travel with technology
The phone line cut as I got up from my place. Work to do. Simultaneously, I searched the I Pad, forwarded documents to my laptop while messaging my friend on my phone. In the other room, my parents watched TV while my sister played video games. This is a situation almost all of us are…
Guinea pig – the sad story of animal testing…
Today’s era is progressing swiftly. Every now and then, new gadgets and discoveries are being made. Every field is progressing and developing constantly. From all the fields, the field that has impacted mankind the most is medicine. Compared to the time taken for us to advance from superstitious reasons for health problems to treating with…
Sometimes to look into the future, a glance in the past is enough…
Science VS Religion, a constant battle that has been raging since centuries. In the past, Religion always had the upper hand. Who after all, could deny or turn upon the words of god? But recently, Science has shunned religion. Science has shown the irrefutable proof that religion never really could show to it’s believers. That…
Urban Sadness
Do you ever walk in a city and you’re just filled with inexplicable sadness. It is not sadness per se, rather a feeling of boredom, loneliness and detachment. These moments aren’t out of the ordinary. We feel them when we walk in endless circles in the mall, or when we stand waiting in the train…
Reading minds? Been there done that got the t-shirt.
Reading minds? Been there, done that, got the t shirt. Reading minds may seem like a fantasy, a part of a sci-fi movie and essentially something that doesn’t exist right? Wrong. Now I may see, like those creeps trying to make you believe in something totally wacko. But stay with me. Reading minds is not…
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