It's been 19 years and 8 months since the launch of the two-part unmanned robotic spacecraft Cassini-Huygens that was sent to know more about Saturn, the sixth planet in our solar system. Cassini is the fourth space probe to Saturn, but the first-ever spacecraft to achieve orbit of the planet. Cassini, which has served as an encyclopaedia…
Remember In Time? The Justin Timberlake movie delivered an interesting take on an original idea. An idea that involved humans not physically ageing after 25. One of the standout scenes from the movie involves Timberlake being introduced to a mother, wife, and a daughter - all the exact same age. How realistic can this scenario get?
The…
Gerard K. O’Neill's name might not ring a bell for many of us, but he certainly is one of the most significant names in the world of physics and space sciences. Gerard was an American physicist whose ideologies resonated with the concept of Space Manufacturing and Space Colonization as early as 1969.
He visualized establishment of a space manufacturing…
It's the 3rd decade of this century. We're living at the pinnacle of human technology, with every year touching a new high in terms of our scientific and technological prowess. We're using physics to manipulate electrons and atoms - which give us electricity and internet - the very foundation of modern life as we know…
Douglas's overview effect on Earth: “Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lays a small unrewarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive…
There is an array of things we do not understand about ourselves yet. And maybe we never will. But of course, science tries. Living things sense the world around them in varying manners, and then respond accordingly. Often, we respond with action, voluntary or otherwise. Sometimes we simply feel and emote. Often, we respond with action, voluntary…
Some of the brilliant science technology tools being developed today have found admirers in science fiction and superhero universe for a long time. They are used liberally in this world of heroes well before they make an actual appearance in the world of men. Sometimes, these tools are just around the corner.
Take for instance…
Ever felt someone watching you from behind? Ever experienced gut feelings so strong they end up coming true? Can we perceive the future before it actually happens?
Most researchers term this feeling or pre-knowledge of an occurrence as the ‘Sixth Sense’. Premonition, they call it. In order to better elucidate the concept, it is necessary to delve…
Dick Lehr and Gerard O’Neill base Black Mass on the book called Black Mass: The True Story of an Unholy Alliance between the FBI and the Irish Mob. Scott Cooper, as the director of the movie, tries to portray the life of James “Whitey Bulger” – a badass gangster chief from the 1970's Boston. One of…
Is synthetic meat on your menu?
One of the greatest debates amongst the millennials is not a political, religious or scientific one, yet it brings all of these into its fold. It is the dispute of vegetarianism with the non-vegetarianism with a little side tiff wit vegan philosophy. And it is a multi-fold conversation, involving…