How can water striders walk on water?

You would have probably seen some insects like water striders moving on the surface of...

How radiocarbon dating is done?

Radiocarbon dating is a type of radiometric dating technique that is used to determine the...

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Find latitude and longitude without a GPS

There are several ways to detetime the latitude and longitude of your location using celestial...

How neutrinos are formed and detected?

Neutrinos are the smallest subatomic particles, i.e. elementary particles with a half-integer spin known as...

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The Y2K Millenium bug explained | The Year 2000 Problem

If you were born in the 90s or before, you might have heard about the Y2K...

The geometry of the fourth dimension and the space-time

In Physics, a dimension can be defined as the magnitude of something in a particular...

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The world’s first certified electric aircraft: Alpha Electro

The future of air transportation is going to be taken over by all-electric aircraft. The...

How dopamine driven feedback loops work?

Recently, I stumbled upon a talk by Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder, and CEO of Social Capital....

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Cell phones and health effects of radiofrequency radiation

The number of cell phone users has increased rapidly. It means people are making more...

Green roof integrated photovoltaic system for sustainability

It’s time to use that empty space on your roof. Green roof-integrated photovoltaic systems are...

How to apply calculus in sports to improve performance?

Believe it or not, mathematics plays an important role in the field of sports. Coaches,...

The dilemma of good and bad bacteria

If we erase all good and bad bacteria on earth right now, then human beings,...

Manual or automatic safer for driving in modern day traffic?

Brand new cars and motorbikes are being introduced into the market every day. But, there...

Who is best at solving problems, an engineer or a scientist?

Both scientists and engineers improve the ways we run the world. They are best at...

What are those microbeads in our personal care products?

If you haven’t heard about microbeads before, they are tiny plastic microspheres widely used in...