Douglas Adams was an English sci-fi novelist as well as a radio/TV writer, comic author, and dramatist. He is best known for his series, The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy novels, which sold over 15 million copies. The very gifted Adams wrote other publications such as Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, The … Read more
Early life: the young prodigy One of the greatest science fiction writers of all time, Isaac Asimov was born to Jewish parents to Petroivichi – a faraway village in Russia, in 1920. There’s no definitive record pertaining to his date of birth but his family gave him a range of dates between … Read more
Some ideas in science fiction becoming real Science fiction’s concepts and ideas seemed too implausible, fantastical and far-fetched to become real. However, some of these concepts and gadgets have come to exist, and we actually use many of them. For example, take cues from the sci-fi space series Star Trek. Star Trek … Read more
SpaceX was founded in 2002, with the aim of colonizing Mars and cutting down on space transportation costs. Its founder, an entrepreneur and visionary, dreamt to make spaceflight cheaper and safer and to put humans on other planets. In just two and a half decades, the company has managed to secure 12 … Read more
Periodic charts are a must have in every chemistry classes. A periodic chart (or also called a periodic table) is a table of elements that are ranked according to their atomic numbers, atomic mass, chemical properties, etc. Periodic charts are also arranged by a color coding scheme to help us identify which … Read more
Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick (both born in 1964) have brought modern art, scifiart and space art together into an amazing creation. Their galleries – The Apollo Prophecy and The Hour Glass Seaare mesmerizing and simply amazing. They bring together elements of fantasy, reality, and artistic expression into truly wonderful works of … Read more
You have probably seen pictures of astronauts taking a “space walk” in an EVA suit. Astronauts have worn similar suits during extra-vehicular activity since the 1960s and the suits have not been updated in nearly 20 years. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently unveiled a new spacesuit for the next … Read more
As late as the early 21st century in chemistry, a new element was discovered – the ununpentium. Ununpentium is the temporary name of element 115; which is an extremely heavy synthetic element, categorized probably as a poor metal. In the periodic table, it has the still-working (as of yet) symbol Uup. Its … Read more