How Do Ants Know Trigonometry?
Think of yourself as a desert ant. You leave your nest to search for food early in the…
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Who Taught Science to Dolphins?
Teaching science is sometimes a challenge, and teachers need to find ways to draw kids’ attention. Young children…
Planets With Two Stars
Our sun is a single star system, but using new technology, scientists are discovering double – and even…
The Quest for a Habitable Planet
A planet outside the solar system was first discovered in 1995. As of 2013, the number of planets…
Philosophy of Horizons: Beyond the Immediate and the Obvious
No matter how fast or how far a person runs, the horizon will always be beyond them. This…
The Solar Eclipse and Its Fine Balance
A heavenly spectacle happening every 6585.32 days, lasting up to 7.5 seconds, can be seen along a track…
Method of Contemplation
Question: There is a saying of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, to the effect: “One hour…
Steadiness in the Language of Mathematics
Many people think that walking two meters is easy, as the interval between the start and the finish…
Action and Coincidence
It is not easy for people living today to believe that every object, every law and every incident…
The Shape of the Universe
The Shape of the Earth Ancient people, considering it very important to determine Earth’shape, derived two important clues…
The Language of Bees
In 1788, Pastor Earnest Spitzner witnessed an amazing fact: When a Carniolan honeybee finds a good supply of…