Reasons why our brain craves Infographics

Infographics are everywhere but what made them so successful? Following are the reasons that have led to a boost in the use of infographics. 50% of our brain is involved in visual processing. 70% of all our sensory receptors are in our eyes. We can get the sense of a visual scene in 1/10th of […]

I Want To Learn This

Ikebana (生け花, 活け花, make flowers alive) is the Japanese art of flower arrangement It is also known as Kadō (華道, “way of flowers”). The tradition dates back to the 7th century when floral offerings were made at altars. Later, they were placed in the tokonoma (alcove) of a home. Ikebana reached its first zenith in the 16th century under the influence of Buddhist tea masters and has grown […]

From A Former Procrastinator

It’s a Sunday night, the clock ticks to 1 AM, when you work furiously to get a task done while silently cursing yourself to have the delayed the work till the 11th hour. Every delay is dangerous with its own “blessing”. Procrastination is an art of coping up with yesterday which you surely don’t want […]

How I Battle Sadness

According to dictionary, sadness is the condition or quality of being sad. But don’t you think that it means and hurts and affects much more to us? Though I’m only fifteen and I have just started living my life, let me share some of my thoughts that always kept me going at times when I’m […]

A Breed Of Dog That Cannot Bark

Yes, that’s right, there is a breed of dog that can’t bark! Meet the Basenji, a small to medium sized, elegant and square shaped breed that cannot bark at all. Some believe that the ability to bark was intentionally bred out of the breed in Central Africa, where a dog barking in the jungle was […]

A Glimpse Of My World

Hello beautiful souls. I am Priya, a 15 year old teenage girl, ambiguous to infinite theories. Everybody in this world is either an astrologer for themselves and thinks about his/her bright future and fruitful outcomes or is busy building castles in the air, recalling the sweetest memories they have treasured. But I believe that present […]

The Math Behind Beauty

Throughout history, the ratio for length to width of rectangles of 1.61803 398874989484820 has been considered the most pleasing to the eye. This ratio was named the golden ratio by the Greeks. In the world of mathematics, the numeric value is called “phi”, named for the Greek sculptor Phidias. The space between the columns form […]

Is flame misbehaving?

Here on Earth, when a flame burns, it heats the surrounding atmosphere, causing the air to expand and become less dense. The pull of gravity draws colder, denser air down to the base of the flame, displacing the hot air, which rises. This convection process feeds fresh oxygen to the fire, which burns until it […]

Science’s thirst can never be quenched.

I’d rather have questions that can’t be answered than answers that can’t be questioned. It is always an individual’s curiosity that gets them going and leads to new discoveries and inventions. One should never be hesitant to ask “why?” because this series of questions will lead you to infinite answers.

The Journey Begins

Thanks for joining me! It is the nature of Physics to hear the loudest of mouths over the most comprehensive ones. -Criss Jami