The Message of Meteorites
According to a news item that appeared in the middle of 2002, there was a 6% probability that…
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The History of (pi)
The story starts in 2000 BC with attempts by the Egyptians and Babylonians to compute π. The Egyptians…
The Miracles of Water
Water is the most abundant substance in our world. It has one of the simplest possible chemical formulas:…
Spiders Expand New Horizons in Fiber-Optic Technology
Spiders, known to be horrifying animals to many, are recognized by us for their role in the ecological…
Animals that Challenge the Freezing Temperatures
One of the natural conditions that animals struggle with is surviving the freezing cold. Cold weather causes great…
Symmetry and Beauty
When visiting Moscow University, Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, the famous physicist and the founder of Quantum Mechanics, as…
Collective Intelligence in Ant Colonies
Social insects such as termites, some bees and wasps in general, and ants in particular, have held a…
Can Artificial Intelligence Be More Advanced than the Human Mind?
Technology is rapidly improving with time. The machines which we once only read about in novels are now…
Hibernation as a Sign of Existence
What is hibernation? Hibernation is a state of inactivity in an animal brought about by shorter days, colder…
An Argument on Miracles
We sometimes read in newspapers or hear from the news on television “A child fell from the fifth…
The Miraculous World of Oxygen
All living organisms require oxygen to live. As humans, we breathe to take in oxygen; if we were…
The Bottom of the Food Chain Plankton
For many authors throughout history, religion has always been a major point of interest. There are several books…
Radiocarbon Dating and Questions
Libby’s discovery, now known as the carbon-14 (or radiocarbon) technique, was a method that could be used to…
When a Finger Moves
The moment I want to move my finger, a large number of neurons in my brain start sending…
Celestial Reflections
In cosmic jargon, a planet is said to be at “opposition” when the Sun is on one side…