Join my journey from the mid-galactic black-hole to the keratin in your hair, and discover the beauty of physics The  evening before my departure to Geneva, Switzerland, I was looking up in ...

Would teleportation transport you or kill you? And what exactly are “you” anyway?

I think, therefore I am. But there are those that suggest you are not who you think you are.

How the heck do planes fly? And, what weird ways do non plane-flying creatures use?

First we learned the world was round. Now we’re learning how to flatten it.

What a hot cup of coffee tells us about the history of life on Earth

Ever wondered how to deep-fry without oil? This is almost, if not quite, the same. Deep  frying might be the only cooking technique that seems to make  everything better, from the mundane, l...

Why duality is like an elephant: an overview of the double-slit experiment and its implications Last time [https://medium.com/snipette/the-uncertainty-principle-2561e2ee3be2?source=friends_l...

Is a particle a wave? Is a mango a line? Some things can never be known for certain. Quantum  Physics has always been that one mysterious theory that has been really  difficult to understand...

How can water make such musical sounds? And, how does anything make sound at all?

Why does the Earth spin one way and not the other? There’s a logical reason. The Sun sits, a big bright blob in the centre of the Solar System. Small and smaller balls spin round in concentr...

What is a plant made of? The answer may surprise you. Plants grow. Everyone knows that. But what do they grow from? Animals take material from the food they eat: part of it comes out the ot...

How Diwali celebrations make for prettier sunsets The sky is a picturesque watercolour blend of grey and orange, the tangerine evening sun bleeding colour into the bleak grey dusk. There are...

Light, sight, and why things may not be the same colours they look Did you know that the sky looks blue? You probably did, specially if you’ve seen it. But just because it looks blue doesn’t...

When you lose focus, what do your eyes focus on? Sometimes,  our thoughts drift during conversations, or we mentally ‘switch-off’  during a particularly boring lecture. I’ve especially notic...

There’s General Relativity and Special Relativity. And then, there’s the relativity we encounter every day. I’ve noticed that, when Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is discussed, it’s often d...

Ever wondered where all those letters to Santa go? Christmas. ’Tis the season to be jolly and deck the halls with boughs of holly and everything else detailed in that carol that I can never ...

If you were a vulture flying for the first time across certain parts of the desert, you would notice the waves. Not cool wet ones, but yellow, lumbering ones spread out across the land. The ...