Dark Matter in Science
The problem was first detected in 1937. Swiss-American astrophysicist Fritz Zwicki introduced us to the ‘missing mass problem’. Gentleman was …
Top 10 Scientists of All Time
According to the University of Oxford, the top 10 scientists of all time are:- Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726): Newton was …
Earth’s Mars is Namib Desert
Red sand and skeletal trees of the world’s oldest desert have turned Namib into a piece of Mars in the …
Methane Gas – Explain Science
We know a lot about the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. However, we probably have no idea about methane, which is …
Science – Knowledge
1. Science and science practice The kind of science that the people of the world are used to today is …
Carbon-dioxide: Earth’s villain?
99% of our air is nitrogen and oxygen (78% and 21% respectively). Most of the remaining one percent is an …
Nanotech Explain in Science
When I worked at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech for short), the most interesting person there was Professor Richard …
Why Pluto Is Not a Planet?
Pluto’s life story is more fascinating than any other planet’s. In the middle of the 19th century, astronomers noticed some …
Hypatia in Science
About thirty-five years ago when I studied physics at Dhaka University, half of our class was girls. After completing my …
The Manhattan Project
One of the world’s most important misnomers is the atomic bomb. Its proper name should be nuclear bomb and not …