“And yet it moves. What Galileo saw through his telescope, I captured on approach to Jupiter” tweeted @NASAJuno, on 4th of July 2016, as Juno Mission successfully arrived at Planet Jupiter’s orbit after ... Read more
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ශ්රී ලංකාවේ හමුවන මකුළුවන් “මාරාන්තික විෂ සහිත” ද?
මකුළුවන් යනු ලොව සෑම පරිසර පද්ධතියක ම ජීවත් වන සතුන් කොටසකි. නිවස තුල, ගෙවත්තේ, ... Read more
Gravitational Lensing – Wonders of the Universe I
Gravitational lensing is one of the interesting phenomena in the universe. It suggests that, the presence of matter or in other words, energy density can curve space-time, and the path of a light ray can be deflected as a result. In more detail, in the ... Read more
Rising heat and Carbon Dioxide levels
It’s almost April and the Sun will be directly above our country in a couple of days. Have you ever felt that may be this time the heat is more intense than how it used to be? Have we moved closer to the sun? You would tell me not to be silly. ... Read more
Einstein’s Gravitational Waves – Detected from Earth!
A team of physicists announced the discovery of gravitational waves on 11th February 2016 nearly a century after the first prediction done by Albert Einstein. These gravitational waves were theoretically predicted along with the general theory of ... Read more
Does an apple a day keep the doctor away? Not quite!
We’ve all heard the famous saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”. But have you ever stopped for a moment to think as to why such a saying was coined in the first place? Is there any truth behind it? Well you’re about to find out!
This ... Read more
3-D Printed Human Skin: A Future Possibility?
L’Oreal USA hopes to make bioprinted human skin a reality in the near future. In a major move, the cosmetics giant teamed up with San Diego based bioprinting company Organovo, to develop what could essentially be a game changer for medical sciences as well ... Read more
2015 THE YEAR OF PLUTO
PLUTO DISCOVERY
Pluto once believed to be the ninth planet was first discovered by astronomer Read more