It is widely accepted that once boys start to undergo puberty their sporting performance over all disciplines is significantly increased as opposed to females. This is primarily due to the male sex hormone testosterone, the levels of which are increased in males relative to females once males start to undergo puberty in order to develop …
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Following on from my previous post, I want to talk about a more modern form of Active SETI. The Breakthrough Initiatives, launched by Russian billionaire Yuri Milner and British Physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, are a series of projects designed to search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, and to determine humanity’s response to the discovery of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. …
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In this post, I want to discuss the Arecibo Message and its implications. First, a bit of background. The Arecibo Message is a binary radio message – written by Dr Frank Drake, Carl Sagan, et al – transmitted by the Arecibo radio telescope on the 16th of November 1974 in the direction of a globular …
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I am an older sister to two younger siblings, ages 9 and 7. One thing I have noticed with the younger generation is their attachment to the internet, and the community which has formed around it even at schools. At the young age of 8 my little sister was forced by her school to bring …
Both science and mental heath are two things which throughout history have been very closely intertwined. Supposedly, the physicist Ludwig Boltzmann, who did a lot of major work in thermodynamics had an anxiety disorder; Nicola Tesla, who needs no introduction, had OCD; Isaac Newton had bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. And those are just three. There …
Sometimes it’s fun to stop what you’re doing and question things that really don’t need questioning. Or do you sometimes get those moments when you are zoning in and out of consciousness in class and you finally snap back into focus only to learn something extremely interesting and also quite unnecessary. This is exactly how …
If you follow astronomy news, you may have heard about Planet 9, the theoretical planet in the outer edge of our solar system. It is predicted to be between 5 and 20 earth masses, and was discovered due to its gravitational effect on the trans-Neptunian objects. These objects behave very strangely, clustering together in odd …
I recently stumbled across a post about a very unique formula called Tupper’s self-referential formula. This formula allows you to plot anything that can fit into a 106 wide by 17 tall grid. It is called “self-referential” because this formula can plot itself on the grid. An easier to read version of the formula is: …
Scientists from the Chongqing University have successfully managed to grow a plant on the moon. The experiment involved sending up a biosphere containing an array of different seeds and eggs on China’s Chang’e-4 spacecraft that landed on the dark side of the moon early this year. Inside this biosphere was a collection of cotton, potato, …
Swimming is something I hold very close to my heart. It is a life-saving skill I believe we all should learn from a young age. It has occurred to me that some kids and even adults, simply do not know how to swim. They cannot stay afloat or blow bubbles because they have not been …
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