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Most of our lives we build these walls around ourselves, narrowing down our perspective on what is good or bad. Oftentimes, these views are a reflection of our subjective experience which may or might

Nuclear bombs are perhaps, the most terrifying instruments of destruction, capable of turning rich ecosystems into heathen wastelands. Unlike ordinary explosions, they appear as a glaring ball of fire,

Ever wondered how dense matter can get? Thanks to our perceptive skills, we have a fairly intuitive grasp on the relation between density and strength. For example, if we wrap our hands around a cast iron

The concept of teleportation goes back several centuries when writers of science fiction imagined characters magically be able to travel from one location to another, in the blink of an eye. But the century

"Three" little pigs, the "three" Muskateers, ever wondered why characters in our childhood stories, frequently came in set of three ? The "rule of three" is a writing technique,

We all witness the presence of with gravity and how it pulls objects towards the earth’s surface. Despite being made up of virtually the same particles of rocks lying on its surface, what makes earth or

When we come across phrases like "purpose", we don't realize whether it's even real or simply used by other's to sound extremely profound . But sooner or later, the truth of it all hits us, when

If you were to throw a beach ball straight without any movement, whosoever, the results would be very predictable. It would move in the direction in which you threw slightly deviating if there was a wind.

From floating air balloons to making people talk like chipmunks, we are all aware of the interesting properties helium exhibit. But the lesser known properties that makes it even more interesting in the

The constant feeling of low, without any apparent reason is a monster in disguise. It emanates through your entire being, infiltrating every aspect of your life gradually. You wear a mask every day to

Living beings are abstract. Their existence cannot be reduced to the composition of their bodies, unlike other inanimate objects in the universe. Despite all these, there is one particular object in the

There are few things in nature as incredible as a slowed down footage of a running cheetah , but ever wondered what makes these mid-sized wild cats so much faster than any other animal, large or small?

Of course, both you and I won't live to tell the story, but the implications of this thought experiment gives us a intuitive sense of the role of mass and velocity in classical mechanics. The concept of

“Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won't come in.” These quotes by famous American author, Isaac Asimov perfectly describes what it feels

Imagine travelling into your past and advise your younger self to buy a fortune worth of bitcoins, how rich would you be today? Everyone,including myself, who's new to the crypto space must have had similar

My name is Ian, a 21 yr old male and this is not my first post. Writing has always been my passion, but as teenager I struggled with constructing proper sentences, which I gradually overcame through countless

Is there any better way to learn history than to be a part of it?. Video games,often looked down upon as a stigma, is an integral part of our childhood especially for those born after the late 1980s. Gamers

Terms like biolumiscent isn't just reserved for fireflies or glowing eyes of a predator, the human body literally glows in the dark, acccording to a study conducted by scientists Daisuke Kikuchi and Hitoshi

On February 11, 2009, 22:27, in one remote corner of the world wide web, an anonymous individual identifying himself with the name of "Satoshi Nakamoto" made a historical announcement, introduced

Time cannot be held in a locker. There's no reset button pressing which we go back to the best times of our lives. But we do have memories, memories that give us perspective on our current situation. One