What Are You “Working” On?
A rare, rainy day for drought-stricken San Jose, California, ushered a lot of wet students into my room…
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Foot: An Engineering Masterpiece
The foot is a limb that is not given much importance when compared to other vital organs such…
Surface Tension and Life
Do you know how a steel blade can float on the water? Or how can some insects stride…
The Human’s Unique Position in the Universe
Can an apple move the earth? Physics says it can. The power that gave an apple the ability…
Can Black Holes Cause an Apocalypse?
The world may not have ended on December 21, 2012, but that does not mean it won’t end…
Of Frogs and Men: Perspectives on the Principle of Gradualness
We humans are inclined to be hasty, and wish to do what we want in a rush. We…
What do mosquitoes do when it’s raining?
What do mosquitoes do when it’s raining? Mosquitoes like climates with high humidity and rainfall. While a single…
Scope of the Scientific Method and What Remains Beyond
Once Newton published his Principia in 1687, the world was never the same again. In a mere 750…
Thoughts on Matter and Anti-Matter
We see a wall. It seems to be solid, made of one piece, as if it is covered…
Black Holes and Possible Depictions of the Judgment Day
The Day when We will roll up the heaven as written scrolls are rolled up. We will bring…
The New Aspect of the Matter and Energy
In the early 1930s, when scientists began to penetrate the very small, they thought that they had found…
Understanding String Theory
Cosmology is the study of the universe’s birth and evolution. The Standard Model of Cosmology, a widely accepted…
Hayy Bin Yaqzan: A Contrasting Vision Of Man And Nature
A Latin translation of Hayy bin Yaqzan by the English Arabist, Edward Pocock, published in Oxford in 1672,…
What a Falling Stone Means
The laws of physics are mathematical expressions of how the universe operates. The events taking place in the…
A New Nuisance in the Post-Cold War Era: Ethnic Conflicts
With the collapse of the USSR, the concept of a New World Order began to be heard more…