How Does Trance Music Work? What does it do to the brain?

If you’ve never heard of trance music in the 21st century, chances are you’ve been living under a rock or you’re probably dead. As a millennial, I can easily confirm that trance music has had quite an impact in current times. Now I have been a sucker for classic songs. I would rather listen to…

ByyshashankApril 2, 20170Comments

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How Humans Could Evolve to Live in Space

Humans have always been on a never ending quest to explore distant cosmic shores for potential life and habitat. In this pursuit, the space industry has witnessed humongous growth over the past three decades. The rise of private rocket company called SpaceX , a recent emergence of another by the Amazon founder called Blue Origin ,…

ByyshashankMarch 18, 20170Comments

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7 Earth Sized Exoplanets Discovered

A recent announcement by NASA has lit up cosmology circles. Seven earth-sized exoplanets have been discovered, making it the largest discovery of such objects so far. Of course, the new find has (again) raised hopes of finding life beyond our planet, even though such detection is probably impossible in our lifetimes. What is an Exoplanet? Exoplanets…

ByyshashankMarch 15, 20170Comments

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What Makes A Dead Galaxy?

Galaxies are dynamic systems that continually accrete gas and convert some of it into stars. They ‘quench’ their star formation and continually change their morphology, or shape. They are mainly two sorts - half are alive and half are dead galaxies. Alive galaxies are gas-rich galaxies getting a supply of fresh hydrogen gas from the cosmic web. As this gas…

ByyshashankMarch 10, 20170Comments

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The Science behind Cocaine

Cocaine! If you’ve seen enough Hollywood, chances are you have stumbled upon this name (if you haven't consumed some yourself, that is). Think The Wolf of Wall Street. That was a dead giveaway. It is a powerfully addictive drug, most commonly used for recreational purposes. Now as you might have seen in movies, heard stories or even…

ByyshashankMarch 7, 20170Comments

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Warp Drive: Bringing Interstellar Travel Closer to Reality

Our telescopes have been gazing into the deepest parts of the universe, unraveling mysterious findings as well as hinting at others. Ever since man stepped on the moon, we have envisioned to explore what’s beyond and form mankind’s first mark on the un-explored planets of the solar system. While NASA plans to land humans on Mars…

ByyshashankFebruary 16, 20170Comments

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What are Molecular Machines?

Machines lace almost all social, political cultural and economic issues currently being discussed. Why, you ask? Clearly, because we live in a world that has all its modern economies and demographic trends pivoting around machines and factories at all scales. We have reached the stage in the evolution of our civilization where we cannot fathom…

ByyshashankNovember 21, 20160Comments

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Simplifying the Concept Behind The 2016 Nobel prize in Physics

The first week of October 2016 observed one significant phenomenon in Physics - when the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 to three British-born scientists for their theoretical work on an unknown world, where matter exists in strange states. The Nobel Prize for Physics 2016 was awarded…

ByyshashankNovember 7, 20160Comments

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WTF Is The Goldilocks Principle?

Of course you've wondered how the earth is the only planet that supports life in a universe of unfathomable size. Of course, many also argue that we simply haven't found evidence of extraterrestrial life, and the lack of said evidence doesn't kill the possibility of such life. In fact, many may also mathematically point out to…

ByyshashankNovember 6, 20160Comments

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SpaceVR: The Hype Around Space Programme for the Masses

The hype around Virtual Reality, including space VR, is not showing any signs of slowing down. The industry remains the one to watch out for this decade. Mark Zuckerberg, in particular, remains heavily invested in bringing VR tech to the masses. Demystifying Virtual Reality Virtual reality is of course, a computer generated 3D simulation,…

ByyshashankOctober 22, 20160Comments

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