Like almost everything in the universe, stars born, live their lives, and then die in the span of millions and sometimes billions of years. It took decades for researchers to identify and catalog the different types of stars, how they form, and...
Google Chrome has a 64% worldwide browser market share across all platforms. It is known for its speed, stability, and UI, but what most people don’t know is it has a list of experimental features that allows users to make various kinds of...
It takes a tremendous amount of effort to make a game. A lot of things happen behind the curtains that we don’t get to know. If you see from a programmer’s point of view, you’ve to create complex loops, select good graphics...
If you’re looking for the best helicopter games/simulation out there, then you’ve arrived at the right place. Unlike airplanes (fixed-wing aircraft), helicopters are powered by rotors, which allows them to take off and land vertically...
Rocket propulsion is a fascinating technology. A technology that generates enough thrust to move an aircraft through the air. But do you know the rocket technology was invented by the Chinese in the 13th century? Of course, rockets were then not...
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) is currently the most popular and widely adopted symmetric encryption algorithm. It was developed by two Belgian cryptographers, Vincent Rijmen and Joan Daemen. If properly implemented, the algorithm is...
A music player is something that comes pre-installed or by default in smartphones, but we still need a third-party music application for our Android device, why? Well, there could be a multitude of reasons for that. For instance, a default music...
Although Johann Zahn is generally credited for inventing the camera, it was the culmination of work done by many individuals and private companies. Joseph Nicephore Niepce, Louis Daguerre, Alphonse Giroux, and George Eastman made significant...
When it comes down to unjust, unfair, or discrimination, nothing is eluded from it, not even in science. The 19th and 20th century saw several spectacular inventions by equally god gifted minds. But not every scientist gets the recognition and fame...
What is the world’s deadliest animal (apart from humans)? Well, based on the number of humans killed per year, it is not a shark or snake, but something much smaller than that: a mosquito. Indeed, most of the reported deaths caused by animals...
