There are millions of smaller planetoids known as asteroids located between Jupiter and Mars. How do these asteroids play a role in providing cues to planet formation? […]
There is a staggering amount of information on nutrition online, some of which lacks professional science insight. These nutrition myths perpetuate into the collective conscience of the people and hence need to be read with caution. […]
There are entire ecosystems of microorganisms living inside the human body and some of these gut microbiomes are key to our health. […]
Mars has much more than carbon dioxide snow, seasons, and tiny moons. It has numerous volcanoes that cause quakes, and a huge mountain significantly bigger than Everest. Are the many craters responsible for the many mountains? […]
Under Mar’s super-thin atmosphere and super-low pressure, Martian seasons do not change the cold climate but are still distinguishable. Snowfall is usually possible for water snow, but there is another type of snow that needs a cold Martian winter to happen. […]
It takes much longer than expected to travel to Mars, due to gravitational complexities. This red planet is covered in red dust, and even though winds cannot move things as they do on Earth, it still hosts huge dust devils every now and then. How does a storm happen without wind? […]
Atoms are the building blocks of all materials. They are extremely small and electronically neutral particles but still have significant empty space inside. Besides, they hold positive and negative electric charges inside. All this being said, what is an atom like? […]
A significant share of the atom’s weight is concentrated in the atom nucleus. Protons and neutrons are the particles inside the nucleus, and inside them are the quarks. Just like the atom, much of the protons and neutrons are also empty, as quarks are very small. Does this mean most of any matter is empty space? […]
Getting inside an atom will take us to the quantum realm, where laws differ. Subatomic particles sometimes behave in ways not explainable through common physics laws. For example, particles are pushed around by emitting and absorbing particles, not by a field. What does that mean? […]
Survival of the fittest explains how the most flexible survive new or harsh conditions. Evolution, on the other hand, explains how they get fitter and fitter to survive more and more. Does this mean there is an ultimate ‘fittest’ species that all other creatures must turn into? […]
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