Contagion: A Lesson For The 2020 Pandemic
Contagion was released in 2011, following the story of MEV-1, a novel fictional virus that brought the world to its knees. Sounds familiar? The movie has garnered attention recently due …
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The Martian: The Science in the Sci-Fi
The Martian is a science fiction movie released in the second half of 2015, based on a novel by Andy Weir. It is the story of how an astronaut, Mark …
Stay Safe Carabiner – Contactless Copper Made Gadget To Stay Safe
Corona!! Corona!! Corona!! Corona is everywhere and it is a bit frightening that there is no cure for the virus. So, what is the solution? The obvious solution which we …
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An Introductory Insight Into Machine Learning
There has been a lot of hype about Machine Learning in the last few decades and people from various fields are converging towards Machine Learning. It is undeniably one of …
A Tale of Two Cities
Imagine this. It is the 16th of July, 1945. You are in a desert in New Mexico early in the morning. In a short while, history will be made here. …
A Scientific Insight Into The Movie Interstellar
If you haven’t watched the movie Interstellar yet, I would urge you to watch it. I had been literally mesmerized by this mind-blowing work of Christopher Nolan and theoretical physicist …
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Everything About The Beginning Of Universe
Look at the world around you! Haven’t you ever stopped to wonder how all of this started? How the world as we know it formed? This question has existed for …
Life In Our Solar System – Possibility and Search
As far as we know, life exists only on Earth. We don’t have any solid evidence to say that there is any extraterrestrial life. But as intelligent living beings, we …
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Into the Unknown: A Journey towards a Theory of Everything
Note: This is the last article in the three-article series on particle and fundamental physics. Here are the first and second articles. While the Standard Model is a hugely successful …
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Language of the Universe: Mathematics
“Mathematics is the language of the universe“. You might have heard this a lot of times from a lot of people. Did you ever think what does it mean? and …
Hubble Telescope: The Science and The Legacy
Look at this picture. Beautiful, isn’t it? But however long you stare at the night sky or use one of those fancy DSLRs that you might own to take a …
Cyber Warfare – A Deadly War Without Blood
Just imagine you wake up to see your bank balance to be zero. It would give you a mini heart attack. On your way rushing to the bank, you are …
Quantum Theory – A Theory Which Completely Changed Our Understanding
Until the early 20th century, everyone thought that we have pretty clear laws of physics that govern everything around us, The classical physics and the equations we had till then …
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Elementary Particles and Where to Find Them
Note: This is the second article in the three-article series on particle and fundamental physics. Here are the first and third articles. In this part of the article series, we’ll …
Nanobots and Targeted Drug Delivery
“Take two nanobots and call me in the morning”, said the doctor. Wondering what this term nanobot is and why to eat them? Well, don’t worry if you don’t know …
Bio War – The War of Future
What comes to your mind when you think of WAR? If it was about a century ago, then we would think about soldiers marching forward on horses or cavalry with …
PICO: A garden in your palm. Growing is fun again!
Plants have been proven to improve motivation and concentration, increase energy levels and decrease fatigue. And thanks to the transpiration and evaporation of water from plants, they increase the air …
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Radiation, The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Depending on whom you ask, the word “radiation” can invoke either praise of a panacea or curse on the spawn of the devil. They are not wrong; radiation can have …
The War Against Viruses
Imagine it is the year 1985. Someone out there writing a piece of science fiction talks about how the world is troubled by a strange disease in the future. It …
Atoms and Beyond: A History of Particle Physics
Note: This is the first article in the three-article series on particle and fundamental physics. Here are the second and third articles. I’ll be writing quite a bit about particle …
Uranium – The Boogeyman
In recent times, especially due to the threat of a nuclear war with our neighbours, we have been very aware of nuclear bombs, and to a lesser extent, the destruction …
A Complete Insight Into Space – Its Exploration and Colonization
We constantly wondered looking into space for several centuries. Today, as the technology is advancing, secrets of space are slowly coming out. Space exploration started in the late 1950s’ and …
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Fate of VIKRAM lander ; Chandrayaan II
It is just around 60-hrs that the contact of Vikram lander had lost. The support, ISRO got starting from the Prime minister and other ministers is commendable; not to forget …