'Mercury Bomb': A gift from climate change
What effects will the mercury bomb have on humans?
1w ago
124 years on, gender gap in Nobel Prize still persists
Clearly, the choice of who gets the Nobel Prize is heavily biased towards males.
1m ago
Is there a force called gravity?
Thanks to Einstein, we live in a universe of curved spaces and altered time.
3m ago
Are we coasting on the 'highway to climate hell'?
Earth could become an “uninhabitable hell” similar to Venus in just a few centuries, or even sooner.
4m ago
What will happen when the 'Doomsday Glacier' disintegrates?
As climate change drives global temperatures ever higher, glaciers and ice sheets will inevitably melt.
5m ago
Solar storm and aurora: A dazzling display of colourful lights
What causes an aurora? The root cause of an aurora is a solar storm, a dramatic blast of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun.
6m ago
Why is Bangladesh in the grip of a sizzling heatwave?
We should prepare ourselves for future heatwaves and help the most vulnerable people enduring the ongoing blistering heat.
7m ago
As I watched the tiny Moon devour the blazing Sun
This cosmic event delivered on the hype leading up to it with clockwork precision.
7m ago
January 13, 2023
Visiting the spirits of the Maya
In December 2022, my wife and I stepped back in time and walked the footsteps of those who lived in the Mayan era at Chichén Itzá and Chacchobén in Mexico, and Nim Li Punit in Belize.
December 30, 2022
Science in 2022: Breakthroughs of the year
There have been some pretty amazing scientific discoveries in 2022.
December 25, 2022
Nuclear fusion: A big step towards clean, limitless energy
Within the context of climate change, nuclear fusion is an attractive alternative because it does not produce greenhouse gases (GHG).
November 24, 2022
What exactly is the outcome of COP27?
Has COP27 succeeded or failed? It’s not difficult to answer the question.
November 4, 2022
The threat of a ‘nuclear winter’
Even though it is a chilling concept, there are credible precedents of nuclear winter.
October 21, 2022
Will Earth remain inhabitable after 2050?
We need visionary leaders to deal with the impending climate catastrophe.
October 5, 2022
Exploiting Newton’s law of gravity to store green energy
Energy generated from gravity batteries is sustainable.
September 17, 2022
Climate change is all about ‘power’
Instead of effectively tackling the issues related to climate change, world leaders have politicised it over the last 30 years.
August 27, 2022
What’s next for the James Webb Space Telescope?
The recently launched telescope has expanded the horizon by piercing through the hitherto “dark curtain” of the early universe and presented us with a treasure trove of information.
August 13, 2022
Sizzling summer of 2022: Heat wave, heat dome, wet-bulb temperature
The summer of 2022 has not yet reached the mid-point, yet we are staring at another year of bleak climate news.
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