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Likeability right now

Most people think of topics like likeability and charisma as a form of manipulation. As if trying to be more likable means that you want to manipulate and (negatively) influence those around you. The reality is that being more likable means you’re able to better connect with those around you, even if it doesn’t […]

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SpaceX

It still feels like it was yesterday that SpaceX announced its plans for building reusable rockets. They were mocked at, but continued to move towards their goal of making space travel a commercial venture. It was during the December of 2015, that the world witnessed the first successful recovery of […]

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What is CRISPR?

Gene editing , also sometimes known as genome editing, is a method of altering or ‘editing’ the DNA of an organism through the help of technology. Through this, genetic material can be inserted, removed, or changed in composition to make changes in the genome. There have been various different ways […]

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Renewable Energy Industry

Indian renewable energy sector is the fourth most attractive renewable energy market in the world. India was ranked fifth in wind power, fifth in solar power and fourth in renewable power installed capacity, as of 2019. Installed renewable power generation capacity has gained pace over the past few years, posting […]

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Sustainable Transportation

Over the past couple of years, the world has clearly seen the need for a more sustainable approach to development. This is particularly highlighted and recognized by leaders around the world, and the pathway to achieve this was conceptualized by the United Nations. It is characterized today as the United […]

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6 Months After Budget 2021

Before we begin discussing the budget announced by our honourable Finance Minister, I would like to throw light upon the Eisenhower Doctrine given by the former US president Dwight Eisenhower. The doctrine states that for every $1 invested in infrastructure, you get a return of $5. This budget also proposes […]

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Graphene-sque Times

“The possibilities of what we can achieve with the materials and knowledge we have, have been blown wide open.” Anyone who keeps up with science and tech in the news, remembers the buzz Graphene made in the year of its discovery, i.e. 2004 by a physics professor and his student. […]

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Hyperloop Technology

Hyperloop is a new form of ground transport currently in development by a number of companies. It was released by a joint team of SpaceX and Tesla in order to transport people or objects at hypersonic speeds. It is a tube like structure through which a pod may travel resistant […]

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Vehicle-to-Grid -> Way Ahead

Vehicle-To-Grid(V2G), is similar to regular smart charging. Smart charging, also known as V1G charging, enables us to control the charging of electric cars in a way that allows the charging power to be increased and decreased when needed. V2G goes one step further, it enables the charged power to also […]

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Hydrogen Use

You may have heard many debates on hydrogen energy. Some people think that hydrogen is an energy carrier and some think that it’s an energy source. So, here comes the question: Hydrogen, energy source or energy carrier?To answer this question, we must know what is an energy carrier and energy […]

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Effect of Space Weather

“Given the close proximity of exoplanets to host stars, it is vital to understand how space weather events tied to those stars can affect the habitability of the exoplanet” – Dimitra Atri, NYU Abu Dhabi Habitability of a planet is essentially the measurement of potential of a planet to maintain […]

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Electric Aircrafts

The Wright brothers offered a kick start to a new era of transportation by developing the first machine that could fly for transportation. About 160 years later the first commercial electric aircraft took off from Vancouver, Canada built by Manigx Aviation thereby establishing a new milestone for present day Aviation. […]

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Echo Chambers

We have seen it all unfold on our Instagram stories each time something bad happens. You open your Instagram, scroll through your feed and there it is, someone raging over police brutality in X part of the country or some cut throat debate over the rights of someone’s body. We […]

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Travesty of Terrorism

You must have heard this peaceful and woke statement multiple times, education is the right way to destroy terrorism. It actually sounds too good, too good to be true. Well, when you think about the terrorists who kill innocent people, shooting them point blank or commiting a suicide bombing, yes […]

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