One of the most frequently asked question by students is “Tell us something about rainbow”. Probably because since the ancient times rainbow has always fascinated the human nature. Many songs, movies, stories tell something about …
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Earth Overshoot Day
Earth Overshoot Day (EOD) marks the date when humanity’s demand for ecological resources and services exceeds what Earth can regenerate in a given year. We maintain this deficit by consuming ecological resources and accumulating waste, …
Coming back to the Moon: the crew’s announcement
NASA and the Canadian Space Agency announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II: Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist 1 Christina Hammock Koch, and Mission Specialist 2 …
The colors of a star: before going supernova
The star WR 124, a star of 30 times the mass of the Sun, is going to be a supernova and the James Webb Telescope captured its brief Wolf-Rayet phase, in all its colors, before …
Pi Day: 3/14
No matter what size a circle is, the circumference will always be 3.14 times bigger than the diameter! Pi has uses in physics, astronomy, and mathematics. But also in engineering and architecture. March 14 or …
What is dry farming? New farming systems research to mitigate climate change effects
Variation in climatic conditions is one of the red-hot subjects in every discipline and nowadays many models have been developed to quantify this phenomenon. Flora and fauna are particularly influenced by climate change because of …