Carbon and silicon have remarkably similar properties — here’s why life on earth is carbon-based — The idea of parallel universes, time travel, intergalactic cruises and extraterrestrials have been in the curious minds of many scientific experts, and yet they haven’t gone beyond the scope of science fiction. So has the concept of silicon-based life forms. Life as we know it depends mostly on carbon. Without…

A warning for physics students and science enthusiasts — There are things that are cemented facts in our subconscious. There are things we take to be true without question — things that are ingrained into our very beings that we cannot possibly imagine them to be otherwise. When we dive into science as students, we are taught what we…

Where are all the aliens? Is the cat alive or dead? Which twin is older? — Physics, for most of us, has always been about solving numerical problems and analyzing questions that are light years away from what we’ve actually been taught. How often do we truly look at the world around us and try to figure out the mechanisms behind ordinary phenomena? How often do…

A journey of growing up, discovery, and contentment — When you’re sixteen, you think you know the world. You think you know yourself. You make decisions believing that your whole life is going to change because of it. You make friends thinking they’re going to be there forever. You look back on all the things that are changing around…

The power of storytelling and the fine line between fiction and reality — Was the flat-screen TV invented because the idea was first introduced in the book 1984, or was it a natural course of events that led to its invention? Did the inventor of the submarine read Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea? Should we blame the World Set Free for the…

This sub-community of passionate readers is a haven for writers — For a writer just about to step gingerly into the world of publishing, writing may seem like the most daunting task to accomplish — that is, until the marketing aspect starts. Especially for indie authors, who don’t have huge publishing companies doing all the promotional work and advertising, it can…

An exploration of science beyond textbooks and complex mathematics — As self-proclaimed physics and math enthusiasts, how often do we truly look at the world around us and try to figure out the mechanisms behind ordinary phenomena? How often do we connect mundane, everyday occurrences to the complex theories we learn in class? How often do we try to find…

I typed this out on my Notes app weeks ago… but hitting ‘publish’ was just too much work — I’m typing this out on my Notes app before another half-formed thought disappears into the void. I miss the seamlessness of the Medium drafts on the mobile app but, most importantly, I miss the convenience. I would get story ideas during those fuzzy, in-between moments of life — as I…

What we know about the famous (infamous?) constants in physics — The Hubble constant, gravitational constant, Planck’s constant, Boltzmann constant, speed of light, pi, permittivity of vacuum, permeability of vacuum, conductivity, resistivity, Coulomb constant, and on and on and on… the list of constants seems never-ending. Anybody who has studied a basic science course during their lives would have come across…