SciShorts: Solar Energy Creates the Most Jobs in America

According to the National Solar Jobs Census of the United States, the solar energy industry produces more jobs than any other industry. There were only 93,000 jobs in this field in 2010. In 2016, the numbers spiked to 260,077 jobs. Analysts suggest that this number will keep increasing in the future as well. The sudden […]

SciShorts: Asteroids Fly Past Earth at Close Distances

On Friday, the 9th of February, an asteroid the size of a 2-3 story building grazed past the earth. The asteroid, called 2018 CB, passed at a distance of 64,000 km from the earth’s surface – a distance lesser than one fifth the distance to the moon. This is the second time this week that […]

SciShorts: China Has Built a Huge Floating Solar Farm

The world’s largest solar farm has just come up in China – with 166,000 panels which will power about 15,000 homes. This solar farm is far from conventional, and is built over a lake that was once a coal mine. This idea of placing solar panels over water allow the solar panels to stay cool. […]

SciShorts: Archaeologists Discover Lost Mayan Cities

Archaeologists have recently found lost Mayan cities deep within the Guatemalan jungle using remote surveying technology. They have found nearly 60,000 structures showing the extensive architecture of the Mayans. This new discovery revealed the technology used by the Mayans for agriculture and also gave more clues on the demise of the empire. Researchers have used […]

SciShorts: Earth’s Magnetic Poles May Switch Soon

The earth has been going through cycles of pole reversal once every 200,000 to 300,000 years. Sometimes, the attempt to switch poles fails and the poles return to their positions. One such failed attempt happened a few hundred thousand years ago. The last time the earth switched poles was around 780,000 years ago. That means […]

SciShorts: NASA Builds Mini Nuclear Reactor to Send to Mars

Many space agencies are figuring out new ways to get to Mars each day. But once humans get to Mars, they would need power to do anything at all. Spacecrafts flying to Mars can only carry a limited weight, and carrying immense amounts of fuel to power up the planet is impossible. This is why […]

SciShorts: Falcon Heavy Takes off from Kennedy Space Centre

Space exploration has taken to new bounds as the Falcon Heavy, dubbed the world’s largest rocket, took off from Kennedy Space Centre holding the entire world witness.

SciShorts: First Human Test of Gene Editing to Treat Cancer

The University of Pennsylvania gears up for the first human test of CRISPR in the United States. They will test gene editing on three different types of cancer. Amidst all the controversy, China remains to be leading in this field as they have already tested gene editing on humans. Experts around the world believe it […]

SciShorts: Meteor Explosion over Michigan Leads to Fragment Hunt

Over a week after a meteor exploded in Michigan, astronomers and researchers race to collect fragments of the space rock. The six foot wide meteor lit up the skies and even caused a minor tremor as it exploded over Michigan on January 16th. The meteor had been traveling an estimated 45,000 kilometers per hour creating […]

SciShorts: Fossils of Dinosaur with Rainbow Feathers Discovered

Scientists have discovered fossils of a dinosaur with rainbow feathers. The bird-like colorful dinosaur is believed to have lived in what is now the northern part of China, nearly 160 million years ago. The dinosaur was named Caihong juji which means rainbow in mandarin. The Caihong is believed to be roughly the size of a […]