February 26, 2021
Amid global warming, why are we in a deep freeze?
During winter, more often than not, a large part of northern United States is pummelled by an Arctic blast, sometimes severe, sometimes less severe, that lasts for a week or two.
February 19, 2021
Can we create an environmentally liveable Bangladesh?
Since independence, Dhaka’s population ballooned from just about 1.5 million to over 21 million, a 14-fold increase as opposed to 2.5-fold for the entire population of Bangladesh. Hence, for all...
December 15, 2020
The Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn
On December 21, the first day of winter this year, the two gaseous giants in the solar system—Jupiter and Saturn—will put up a spectacular display in the evening sky.
December 11, 2020
Five years since Paris Accord: Are we winning the race against climate change?
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris Accord hammered out by more than 190 countries at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21).
November 10, 2020
Interplay between science, society and politics
Science is a remarkable tool available to humans for understanding what is true about the world. It expanded the boundaries of our knowledge and challenged our preconceived notions of what reality is.
October 23, 2020
Roger Penrose, Black Holes and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics
Three scientists have been awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics. They are the British mathematical physicist Roger Penrose, German astrophysicist Reinhard Genzel, and American astronomer Andrea...
September 18, 2020
Climate change smacking California in the face
On the morning of September 9, 2020, the colour of the sky in the San Francisco Bay Area was burnt orange. By noon, the sky grew darker instead of lighter. The morning sky resembled the red planet...
August 21, 2020
After Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Paths taken by three protagonists of the Manhattan Project
The 6th and 9th of this month marked the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, that killed an estimated 120,000 people instantly.
August 14, 2020
Using rocks in farmlands to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
We should not be fooled into believing that global warming will cease to be a problem in the coming years if we reduce emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
July 16, 2020
Is Fast Radio Burst a new storyteller of the cosmos?
Just when we thought we had chronicled all the beasts of the cosmos, including black holes, a new one—the “Fast Radio Burst”—is howling at us.