The story of the invention of the light bulb is not that straightforward, as it involved multiple scientists. Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb, but he did play a major role in improving and commercializing the technology. Joseph...
Albert Einstein started his journey from Ulm, a city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany on March 14, 1879. He started showing signs of brilliance from a young age. During his entire scientific career, Einstein produced an astonishing number...
The word ‘scientist’ was coined by a philosopher and theologian William Whewell in 1833. It describes someone who carries out scientific research to advance knowledge in a particular field. Today, most scientists have advanced degrees in...
A new observational study suggests that the more you gain extra-weight, the higher the chances of developing depression. The body part(s) where the fat is accumulated makes no difference to the probability of developing depression. According to the...
Researchers reconstruct a picture of Denisovan girl, who lived five hundred centuries ago. The skeletal anatomy of Denisovan is based on a palette of ancient DNA patterns. This offers a glimpse of how a subspecies of archaic humans might have looked...
Who are the greatest and most famous mathematicians ever lived? Well, its answer is not easy as mathematics was known to humanity since the prehistoric times, long before the birth of Christ. The role of mathematics in our lives is immense. Math...
Researchers prove that dead human bodies move around significantly as they decompose. As the body mummifies, the ligaments dry out, which causes parts to move. They captured these movements over a 17-month period. The human body is perhaps the...
From classical antiquity to much of the early modern period — when there were no hard-written criminal laws — brutal tortures were a common method to serve punishments. During the middle ages, committing a crime wouldn’t have...
The calculators we know today were first invented in the 1960s and the use of smartphones as calculators began in the 1990s. However, that does not mean that mathematical tools weren’t available a century ago. Several computing machines were...
Have you ever wondered who the most powerful Marvel characters are? As an MCU fan, I am sure you do. But to be frank it is a herculean task to answer. The list below ranks the most powerful comics characters based on their raw power and intellect...