SciShorts: Alzheimer’s Can Spread Like a Viral Disease

Through studies done on mice, researchers have discovered that Alzheimer’s disease could spread like a viral infection. One of the biggest symptoms of Alzheimer’s is the formation of clumps in the brain. This is due to a protein called amyloid-β. It was discovered that when this protein accumulated in the brain, the connections between regions […]

SciShorts: Witnessing a Black Hole for the First Time

For the first time ever, scientists are working on unveiling the image of a black hole. This is to be done by using collective data from various telescopes that have been placed at different places on the globe. This group of telescopes is called the Event Horizon Telescope (yes, singular). To obtain an image of […]

The Fermi Paradox: Are We Alone?

Over the last few decades, humans have been employing various means to detect aliens. From trying to send radio signals to developing highly sensitive telescopes, we have been tirelessly working to find a space neighbor – and there just seems to be none. In a universe that is 90,000,000,000 light years wide (and rapidly expanding), […]

SciShorts: India Launches its 100th Satellite

The 100th satellite for ISRO was launched on January 12, 2018. ISRO’s launching of the PSLV-C40 is an important milestone in India’s space journey. The rocket carried ISRO’s 100th satellite among the 31 satellites put into orbit. The rocket’s primary payload was the Cartosat-2, which will be used to get images to develop land and geographical […]

SciShorts: The Falcon Heavy Rocket to Take Musk’s Car to Space

Entrepreneur and futurist, Elon Musk has announced that SpaceX will launch what is supposed to be the world’s most powerful rocket, the Falcon Heavy “Megarocket”. The rocket will have three reusable cores and 27 engines to give it a thrust of about 2500 tons. Moreover, it will be able to lift around 54 metric tonnes […]

Flying Cars of the Future – Aeromobil 4.0

The idea of flying cars has been around since the early 20th century. French novelist and playwright, Jules Verne made the world go crazy with “The Terror”, a vehicle with wings capable of flying through space. Since then the iconic flying car has starred in many science fiction novels and popular TV shows and movies […]

Gravitational Waves from Merging Neutron Stars Revolutionize Physics

Scientists for the first time detected both gravitational waves and light created by the merging of two neutron stars. This sensational event has opened doorways to understanding various facets of the universe. About 130 million years ago, two neutron stars collided into each other setting off immense amounts of energy and gravitational waves. The reverberations […]

Vertical Farming puts agriculture inside your building

Vertical farming has become a growing trend with a lot of startups as well as big players investing in the sector. Aerofarms, one such startup, has built the world’s largest vertical farm – a facility that can produce an incredible 2 million pounds of fresh greens every year. Though not exactly a conventional way to […]

Musk is drilling holes underground to alleviate traffic

Roads would soon become the boring alternative to the underground tunnels that Elon Musk’s ‘The Boring Company’ is digging. The future looks like it will have us shuttling at high speeds beneath the surface of the earth, mitigating today’s traffic woes by unimaginable amounts. From going to Mars to creating Solar houses to revolutionizing artificial […]

March for Science Coimbatore

On April 22nd, Earth Day, the world took to the streets to march for science. With over 600 marches and 10 million people marching world wide, people took a stand to represent science. The March For Science initiative was aimed at bringing to light the fact that science has been neglected over the years and […]