There are times when I SUDDENLY want to know something, and I read up about it, or watch stuff on YouTube from channels like Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell (which is really awesome). And many a times, I like sharing this kind of information with others, hence this category was created!
“And as much as I’d like to believe there’s a truth beyond illusion, I’ve come to believe that there’s no truth beyond illusion. Because, between ‘reality’ on the one hand, and the point where the mind strikes reality, there’s a middle zone, a rainbow edge where beauty comes into being, where two very different surfaces mingle and blur to provide what life does not: and this is the space where all art exists, and all magic.”
Read More Book Review: The GoldfinchA little something I wanted to share, even if it’s all already known to you.
It’s how lovely I’ve found science to be.
What is a world without knowledge, music or art? Thousands of years ago, the people of ancient India gave these ideas a powerful form that has been revered for millennia – the form of Goddess Saraswati. She is much loved, for it is believed that all of knowledge, art and speech came from from her, and she holds a hugely respected position among the millions of Gods in the Hindu Pantheon.
Read more on Saraswati – perhaps the most primal Goddess in all of Hinduism.
As I grow up, the questions that have haunted mankind for millennia have begun to enter my mind. Does God really exist, what happens after death, and such. My scientifically trained mind tends to doubt what people simply believe in, because at first glance, there seems to be no proof of God’s existence. And yet, there are people who are said to have found God – sages and practitioners of various forms of Yoga and people who have found spiritual enlightenment…
Read More Of All Questions UnansweredSkeletons and skulls of the people of the past are always interesting. So in this post, I’ll be showing you some pretty amazing findings about some ancient humans…
Read More The Family GalleryI explore the different possible ways of omnicide – the extinction of the Homo Sapiens…
Read More OmnicideIn my light-flooded city, I see six to seven stars in the night sky. Often, when one refrains from twinkling, I know that it’s a planet – probably either Venus or Mars. These bright stars that I see are probably the ones closer to Earth, but what I look at is the cosmic past…
Read More Spirals in the SkySometimes, several people together collectively have the same memory of something that never happened.
In this post, I’ve included popular examples and theories as to why this could occur…
The final chapter in A Journey Through Our Solar System, packed with pictures and information, as well as some things you may not know.
Enjoy!
Read More A Journey Through Our Solar System – 5Next, the Queen of Planets, one with such beauty filled with swirling gases and liquids deeper down, surrounded by rings of ice, dust and rock, I welcome you to Saturn – named after the Roman God of wealth and agriculture. It spins fast, taking just 10.7 Earth hours for one rotation, but because of its […]
Read More A Journey Through Our Solar System – 4Coming to the last of the inner planets in our Solar System, we arrive at Mars. Bright red in colour and the fourth planet from the Sun, Mars is named after the Roman God of War. Iron in the Martian soil has reacted with water, forming rust and therefore giving the planet its bloody red […]
Read More A Journey Through Our Solar System – 3A second rock orbits our star at a distance of about 108 million km away, and it’s named after the Greek Goddess of love and beauty – Venus. (Venus is the Roman name for the Greek Goddess Aphrodite).It slowly spins from east to west, which is the opposite direction compared to most planets. Even though […]
Read More A Journey Through Our Solar System – 2The universe is unimaginably vast with trillions of galaxies each containing countless stars in them. Thousands of stars have planetary systems, and among them, our Solar System. In this mini-series, we shall explore the incredibly beautiful celestial bodies that orbit our Sun, starting with the Sun itself and Mercury in today’s post. There are several […]
Read More A Journey Through Our Solar System – 1A short post about something I thought was exceptionally un-useful…
… Until I wrote this.
Read More Social Studies – How is it useful?I’m sure that you must have heard the phrase ‘Tom, Dick and Harry’. But who are they, actually? Inside, you will learn about quite a lot about the three unknown men…
Read More Tom, Dick and Harry
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