Dimensional leap: Visualizing and Understanding Dimensions

Dimensional leap: Visualizing and Understanding Dimensions

Jumping through dimensions What picture comes to your mind if I say "multiple dimensions"? Chances are, you pictured some fictional realm, perhaps from "Doctor Who" or even "Phineas and Ferb." The alternate dimensions in those stories can be extraordinary, with...

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Tardigrades: Nature’s X-Men

Tardigrades: Nature’s X-Men

Tardigrades, water bears, moss piglets - these are all terms used to name tiny creatures related to modern insects with superpowers. They can survive incredible amounts of radiation, temperatures from near absolute zero to 151oC (304oF),...

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At a Loss for Words? It could be Aphasia

At a Loss for Words? It could be Aphasia

Have you ever witnessed something so astonishing that you were rendered speechless? Or were you at a complete loss for words? For someone with aphasia, this reality can sometimes be all too true.   So what is aphasia? According to the American...

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World’s Greatest Dad

World’s Greatest Dad

Top 10 Dads of the Animal Kingdom Every animal wants the best for its offspring. However, different animals' methods are widely varied and sometimes questionable, while others are far more relatable. When it comes to unquestionably great parental care, these are the...

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How Can Evolution Be True if Chimpanzees Still Exist

How Can Evolution Be True if Chimpanzees Still Exist

Perhaps you have heard someone say that humans evolved from chimpanzees. But chimpanzees are still around. So how do you explain that? If this evolution idea is true, how are our ancestral species still alive? The simple answer is that we did not evolve...

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Time Crystals: A New Physics Phenomenon

Time Crystals: A New Physics Phenomenon

Renowned physicist Frank Wilczek is bringing science fiction to life with his proposal and creation of time crystals. At first glance, this seems like something you would read in a cheesy science fiction novel. But time crystals have taken physics to a new level!  ...

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Zombie Diseases Beneath the Permafrost

Zombie Diseases Beneath the Permafrost

We’ve been raised to believe that we’re safe from the world’s past illnesses. Such dangers as smallpox and the bubonic plague are a relic of a bygone era. Well, “Not so fast,” say researchers studying permafrost in Siberia.   According to Dr. Jean-Michel Claverie of...

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Neuralink: A Venture to Merge Human Brain with Computer

Neuralink: A Venture to Merge Human Brain with Computer

What is Neuralink? We’ve all fancied the idea of artificial intelligence at one point or another. We all know a science fiction book or movie that included an artificial intelligence, both nice and hostile. As computer technology improves and the age of learning...

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