“It took a great deal of work on both sides of the Atlantic, but it was worth the effort – we were delighted to see that our new chimeric enzyme is up to three times faster than the naturally evolved separate enzymes, opening new avenues for ... Read more
Science and Technology
Looking up at the stars: The Hubble Space Telescope
On April 24, 1990, NASA launched a device capable of observing space like never before. This device was called the Large Space Telescope and was later renamed the ... Read more
The Mystery Of Memory
“Time flies, but memories last forever.” I’m pretty sure that you have bumped into this famous caption while you’re scrolling back and forth through your Instagram. But have you ever thought; what are memories, and do ... Read more
Behind The Scenes Of A Panic Attack
As the trembling walls of the hallway cave in, the floor beneath you dances and shakes. The sounds sound different, and the outlines of people and objects dissolve, as you are trapped inside a whorl pool spinning inwards from ... Read more
33, 42 and “Sums of Three Cubes”
Let us write 29 as 29 = x³ + y³ + z³, plug in any integers for x, y, z. One set of solutions is 29 = 3³ + 1³ + 1³. Pretty simple and intuitive, right? Similarly, how about 30? Not so much. The only known solution involves ... Read more
දෙවියන්ගේ නගරය සහ විශ්වයේ ආරම්භය
අද අප මේ සලකන විශ්වයේ පැවැත්ම අර්ථ දැක්වීම සඳහා, එහි ආරම්භය ගැන හේතු පැහැදිලි කිරීම ... Read more
Animals’ Natural Sonar System
Animals haven’t had direct communication in their lives. Therefore they use a natural Sonar system called “Echolocation”. It means a physical process for locating distant or invisible objects by sound ... Read more
ජෛව සංදීප්තිය
ජෛව සංදීප්තිය යනු ජීවියෙකු තුළ රසායනික ප්රතික්රියාවක් මඟින් නිපදවන ... Read more