The ATX standard that’s so common for the motherboards came out all the way back in 1995 and while modern ones have become packed with features, our technology back then was so primitive that we needed sound chips networking drive controllers etc.that often required separate adapter cards. Drives these days don’t need as much space anymore both … Read more
When you think of the Milky Way, you probably picture that familiar spiral shape we all have come to know and love. That spiral structure is very common for galaxies, Over three-quarters of the one’s we have observed, are in this pinwheel shape. Our own galaxy is actually in a subgroup called barred spiral galaxies. But … Read more
A Biologist and an Astronomer go to dinner. That’s not the start of a joke, but it is actually how that astronomer got the inspiration for a new way of thinking about stars. That astronomer was the University of Cambridge’s Dr.Paula Jofre and she realized that she could chart stars in the Milky Way the same … Read more
We often look up to stars and feel peace, but stars are actually insanely turbulent and chaotic celestial things and we use that chaos to learn more about how our universe works. We have known of stars eating other stars, witnessed stellar flares and white dwarves on the verge of a supernova. But we have … Read more
Millions of years after the Big Bang, some stars formed. These could have been the first stars that brought light into the universe. These stars formed right after the DARK AGES, which by the way is the time after the Big Bang but before there was any light, where the universe was filled with just dark … Read more
I feel like I have a completely useless memory. I can barely remember a phone number when someone reads it off to me and I have to read OTP Four times to write it down without looking back to the message. One thing for sure I will never be any good at cards because I have … Read more
You have probably heard that self-driving cars are coming soon. But people have been saying that for at least a decade and still I can’t buy a car that will drive me to work while I nap in the passenger seat. Some cars already come with partial autonomy, systems like tesla’s Autopilot, that assists drivers or … Read more
When a newborn baby enters the world as a clean slate He/She learn and develop to be an adult. Babies have an innate knowledge that helps them to voraciously learn and rapidly adapt. But that’s not what AI does. In case of AI, it’s machine learning. That’s when a computer learns everything it needs to know … Read more
Do You Know Your Blood Type? Most of us who have not been in any medical situations where blood type is important might have no idea what their blood type is. Anyway, I was in Red Cross when I was in HighSchool, That’s where I got to know that I have O positive blood. Tell … Read more
The Mythical Green Flash during a sunset. It was first made popular by Jules Verne in an 1882 novel LE RAYON VERT(THE GREEN RAY) and it is still leaking into pop culture through an occasional pirate movie sequel. Except, it is not actually a myth. That’s weird right. usually, we are debunking things people think … Read more
It is tricky to go more than a few minutes without running into any machine of some sort. Whether it was the toaster you made breakfast with, the train you took into town or the machine you are staring at now. The idea of machines taking over the world isn’t post-apocalyptic friction, it already happened. … Read more
You may have seen videos on the internet where people whisper and tap on things or crinkle things. These strange delicate noises can cause some people to get “brain tingles”. This tingling sensation can start across the skull and down to the spine and it’s usually paired with an intense feeling of relaxation. It’s been called … Read more
A war has been raging for billions of years, while we don’t even notice. The war is fought by the single deadliest entity on our planet the bacteriophage or phage in short. A bacteriophage is a virus that made up of proteins that encapsulate a DNA or RNA genome. They have mainly two parts Head … Read more
In Tambopata, Peru EO Wilson once found more species of ant in a single tree than there are in all of the British Isles. Scientists have seen this pattern all over the world, More species exist near the tropics. Why is that? Tropical rainforests are some of the most biodiverse places on Earth. There are more numbers … Read more
On a typical day at school, endless hours are spent learning the answers to questions. But right now let’s do the opposite, let’s focus on questions where you can’t learn the answers because they are unknown. I used to puzzle about a lot of things as a boy, for example, What would it feel like … Read more