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 […]

Wormholes: Tunnels Through Space and Time

Wormholes are one of the greatest enigmas of the universe. The idea of being able to travel through space and time at the same time seems to puzzle even the greatest of minds. What is a Wormhole? A wormhole can be defined as a passage through space and time, that stretches across long distances […]

SciShorts: Citizen Scientists Discover New Planetary System

Adding to the many exoplanets discovered over the past few years, a group of citizen scientists have discovered a five-planet solar system. The Kepler space telescope, which was launched by NASA in 2009 provided the data. The planets in this unusual solar system are considered to be sub-Neptune like planets and their radii range from […]

SciShorts: Scientists Clone Primates For The First Time

Taking a step closer to the future, Chinese scientists have successfully cloned monkeys. Zhong Zhong and Zua Zua are two identical long-tailed macaques created by scientists at Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai, from a non-embryonic cell. These two are the first primates ever to be cloned. They were cloned using the […]

SciShorts: Scientists Trace the Thought Process of a Human Brain

Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley have managed to trace the progress of a thought through the human brain. Through this experiment, scientists have been able to note how the prefrontal cortex helps the brain coordinate activity based on perception. The scientists were also able to find that the brain gets ready to respond even […]

An Interview with Luke Kingma

On the 16th of January, 2018, the School of Science team spent a few hours with Luke Kingma – the Head of Creative at Futurism. Luke has immense experience in the digital marketing industry, and is now a well-known journalist. He is also an aspiring cartoonist and an elaborate traveler. Over a cup of coffee, […]

SciShorts: The Hubble Captures Rare Images of an Ancient Galaxy

The Hubble Telescope captured a close up view of what seems to be one of the oldest galaxies in the universe. Astronomers believe that this galaxy existed just 500 million years after the Big Bang. The telescope received light that was 130 billion years old – which speaks how far this galaxy is from us. […]

SciShorts: Arrivo – A New High-Speed Transport System

Another high-speed transport system has been born with Arrivo – a network that bids goodbye to traffic. The system will involve parallel tracks for automobiles to whisk past at speeds greater than 200 mph. These tracks will employ magnetic levitation and could support any vehicle from cars to cargo carriers. Arrivo promises to shorten an […]

Cape Town to Run Out of Water in 100 Days

Cape Town was once known to have abundant freshwater at its disposal. Today, the city stands in the predicament of running completely dry in less than 3 months. Cape Town is the first city in the world to run out of water. Water levels in Cape Town have been diminishing rapidly due to a three-year […]

SciShorts: SpaceX’s Dragon Cargo Vessel returns to Earth after resupplying the ISS

After spending more than a month in the International Space Station, the SpaceX Dragon cargo vessel made a successful re-entry last week. The vessel had been sent to resupply the ISS with some vital cargo including some experimental gear, hardware, scientific instruments and even a few live lab mice. On its return, the capsule brought […]