The Art of Becoming A Buoyant Learner
Do you know what ‘polymath’ means? Polymath, Renaissance man, multipotentialite these all have the same meaning. The above picture depicts the meaning perfectly. It means a person having the expertise or skilled at multiple things. Take Leonardo Da Vinci for example or Benjamin Franklin or Richard Feynmann. In fact, most people who left their impact in this world were all polymaths. There is a famous quote which says- “Jack of…
The Science of Loneliness and How to Win over it.
A few days back I was talking with one of my college friends over the phone. We were asking about each other’s life and how everything is going. He said ‘Everything is good but I am feeling lonely here most of the times’. At first, I didn’t take it seriously. In fact, I told him ‘you are surrounded by so many people, your family, your new friends, and many others,…
The Grand Journey of Voyagers in Space
How do you feel when you look into the sky at night? Fascinating! isn’t it? Especially when I was a child, I used to wonder a lot about those bright stars visible in the sky. It spiked curiosity in my mind. How far are they? Does anyone live there? Can we go there? These are some common questions arise in our mind in our childhood. Unfortunately, as we grow up…
Neuralink: The New Age of Human Brain
Remember movies like ‘The Matrix’, or ‘Total Recall’. where humans were able to interact with computers without using a keyboard and mouse but merely utilizing their brains. All they need was some eletrodes to be inserted in the skull which can recieve the signals from your brain (specifically from neurons). It looked something like this. However, from movies when we come to real life, the question you probably pondering about…
Can you Create Something You Wish For?
You must have heard a famous quote by Nikola Tesla. It’s one of my favorites. “If you want to find the secrets of the universe, think in terms of energy, frequency, and vibration” It’s really a deep and very meaningful quote. Probably that’s why I have seen this quite a few times but overlooked it. I didn’t pay enough attention because it’s not something very easy to understand. But if…
The Enigma of Human Brain
Do you know how alike you are with a Chimpanzee? Almost 98.9%, genetically speaking. Not only that, you are genetically 94% similar to your pet and 90% with your cat. You might be thinking ‘But I don’t behave like my pet or cat. No way‘ Then what separates us from pet, cat, or chimpanzees? It’s our brain of course. The genes we have relevant to brain development is absent in…
Clara Immerwahr: A Tragic Heroine of Science
Do you know Fritz Haber? I am sure you must have heard about him. A major portion of humankind would not been able to survive without this man’s discovery. Half of the nitrogen atoms in today’s human body are because of this man. You must be thinking, what this guy is talking about? I am talking about the Haber-Bosch process, discovered by Fritz Haber which enabled to fix nitrogen from…
