Too many movies, TV shows, novels and comics imagine how life on another planet could be possible for humans. But relocating earthlings to another spot in the universe, and engaging in planet colonization is an enormous undertaking that will require huge advancements in technology, heaps of capital and innovative thinking.
A range of factors need…
Over the course of the last decade and a half, the planet has been engulfed in several viral epidemics. The most distinct and wide-spread ones have been SARS, HIV-AIDS, H1N1, avian influenza (bird flu) and Ebola among other, more common viral diseases. The most recent virus to affect the population on a global scale is now Zika…
Proteins, carbohydrates, fats, water, vitamins and minerals. These are the general categories of biomolecules that your body is made up of. One thing that's common to almost all, if not literally all of these, is a certain element. If you thought of Carbon, think again. There's another - Oxygen.
Each of the biomolecules I mentioned has varying…
Nature has shown an affinity to choose peculiar roads of evolution, intertwined with the generic concept of pollution. Owing to human activities, artificial elements jointly with the natural elements have declared a war against life. Civilizations experienced incurable diseases that are ultimately in the process of changing the course of time-dependent growth. In this mega…
Google has been one of the pioneers of self-driving cars, and several automakers have followed its lead. The concept behind the cars is certainly an intriguing one, especially when you consider these vehicles could potentially keep people safer by preventing more accidents than humans could, all while driving safely under their own power.
However, some…
To wonder what extra-terrestrial beings look like is presupposing their existence. But as some say - Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Besides, it is hard to fight for or against an abstract idea, much easier if we confine it to a form.
Believers in alien life range from fanatics to serious thinkers. It…
Insects on the dinner plate in Southern Africa or Latin America wouldn’t surprise natives of the region - they have been consuming insects since ancestral times - because of both tradition and nutritional value. These natives, however, form a population of only 2 billion. According to experts, if life must continue to sustain Earth, this number requires…
Gravitational Waves, an intriguing aspect of the cosmos, have become a key focus in the ongoing quest to unravel the mysteries surrounding the birth of the universe. The enigma of the universe continues to captivate physicists and laymen alike, prompting a mathematical exploration of its history and a prediction of the past. As scientists analyze…
Ask anyone in their mid 30s to 50s what they thought of the future while growing up - space colonies, orbital vacations and a Mars base will likely figure on most lists. These were the expectations a generation growing up in the 60s and 70s had and always imagined the future would be the space…