Science and Technology

Many times when we walk out of our home, we feel safe locking the door. The tactile sense of keys adds to the feeling. Hopefully not, but someday we might run into trouble by forgetting our keys inside or losing it. While there are different solutions to this problem, the [...]

TED videos are among the most popular videos in the internet. Available free of cost, these 20- minute averaging talks cover all different topics and themes, and many of them were organized independently by various universities and organizations around the world. On March 21, Saint Peter’s will be hosting its [...]

Candy canes, family, greeting cards, blinding neighbors with decorative lights, fighting with the 89-year-old for the 50% off UGG boots, ahh…. the competitive spirit of Christmas. Studies have shown that the holiday season brings out the best and worst of us.   For example, there is the study by psychologist John [...]

Do It Yourself: Electronic Design & Projects Kit Projects Included: Create a 5 volt power supply Resistance for LEDs Create a light sensitive noise maker $49.99 thinkgeek.com   Bio Lite CampStove The portable camping stove/device charger converts heat from fire to electricity. The electricity is used to recharge USB-connected phones [...]

Among the oldest human civilizations, the Mayans built great architectures that surprise modern archaeologists. Their knowledge of astrology was great. Yet unfortunately in our times, their expertise of astrology, instead of fascinating us, has been used to instill fear – fear that the world is going to end on December [...]

Serotonin, Adrenaline, Oxytocin and just a dash of dopamine; all a part of the complex reaction called love. Love: Everyone speaks of it, many claim to have felt it and know what it is, and others claim to know the signs and symptoms of love. And, of course, there’s the [...]

The tradition of Nobel Prize is longer than a century now, yet the prize remains an emblem of prestige. It brings happiness and joy, not only to a person or an institution involved, but to a nation, which longs to cherish any such precious moments.  Calls were made in the [...]

The first time you had walked into Jazzman’s  this fall, you might have been taken by surprise. The space had grown smaller and perhaps, you had to cram in one of the corners slightly annoyed. But on the other hand you were curious to know – what were those big [...]

The semester’s started. Getting back into the swing of things can be a little difficult especially as the demands of assignments and club activity grow! Here are four apps that will definitely make things easier. Evernote: This free app is one of the best ones you can invest in. It [...]

“The Earth is the cradle of humankind, but one cannot live in the cradle forever.” These famous words of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky must bere sounding in the minds of scientists who have launched Curiosity to planet Mars on November 26. If everything goes as planned, the Mars rover Curiosity would land [...]

“My own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose.” This saying of J.B.S. Haldane, a renowned biologist, manifests most beautifully in the quantum world. The quantum world is one of those places where classical notions are broken and revolutionary [...]

There are days when all I want is to get away from school. Despite all the amazing movie nights, bingo and brilliant Argus Eyes performances; the midterms, the seemingly endless papers and the thesis coupled with the ever creeping dread of senioritis never fails to take a toll.

Look at the Nobel Prize in Physics this year. Saul Perimutter at University of California at Berkeley, Brian Schmidt of Australian University and Adam G. Riess of John Hopkins University received this highest honor in Physics ‘for the discovery of the accelerating expansions of the universe through the observation of [...]