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…
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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…
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…
Take an exam - or any equivalent of a pressure situation - presentations at work, project submissions at college. Anything. The nights before deadlines stretch forever. For a large part of the world, the solution is mug of coffee. Nobody minds a performance boost. There used to be a time when mothers thought having capsules of cod liver…
Our ability to harness energy would figure high up on the list of factors helping us dominate the planet as a species. With time, we've made expected strides on to more efficient energy utilization. We're not burning wood anymore - or at least, most of the planet isn't. Instead, we're hopelessly dependent on coal and…
Adjudged one of the 10 best emerging technologies of 2015 according to MIT, Supercharged Photosynthesis is stepping up to meet the increasing crop demands of the world’s growing population. Recently, geneticists from all corners have been analyzing the result of experiments conducted on engineered crops in 12 laboratories spread across 8 countries. The results are certainly…
Since the start of the industrial revolution, our main source of energy has been fossil fuels – coal, petroleum, and natural gas. But with the rising issues that arose with their usage, the world has been shifting stance. Over 441 nuclear reactors are currently running in about 31 countries, and they account for 11% of…
As the self-proclaimed ‘superior’ species on planet Earth, we've always been quick to point that our brain, with its amazing thinking prowess, has given us our edge over other species. Our brain has not only provided us with the ability to ‘sense’ our environment but to think and plan. Anticipation and execution of tasks, movement, growth…
Light is almost synonymous with life. We're so hopelessly dependant on massless photons - at the most fundamental level through photosynthesis, light from the sun enables the existence of life itself. On the more sophisticated scale - the modern age is again hopelessly dependant on optics. Optics enables the internet, weather and climate monitoring, fabrication of computer chips,…
Our planet is a witness to multiple natural phenomena - biological, chemical or optical. Aurora is primarily some gorgeous physics at play - but we'd also classify it as an optical phenomenon. Predominantly observed in high latitude regions, regions possessing a weak magnetic field, auroras are a natural light spectacle in the sky. Imagine it as a colourful…