The Onerous Journey of a Meatball
I was once a delicious meatball. I should, in fact, say “we,” not “I,” for I was a…
Science
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Creation of the Zygote (Nutfah)
As all the living beings, human being is also created from a male and a female. Gametes (germ…
Bringing the Soul Back In: A Spiritual Conception of Human Nature for the Social Sciences
The development of the modern social sciences has been intimately bound up with the Enlightenment belief that scientific…
The Islamic Propensity for Science
The naive view of religion and science sees them in direct opposition to one another, and given the…
Metaphors, Metaphysics, Mathematics, etc.
Analogies, metaphors, and similes are essential elements of human cognition and this makes them an indispensable tool in…
Super Computer in a Cell
Since the first electronic computer ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was announced in 1946, computers have changed…
“As if I ate” diet is effective
1- “As if I ate” diet is effective Original Article: Morewedge C.K. et al., Science 330, 1530 (2010).…
The Sun: The Source We Cannot Utilize
The sun gives out about 1.17×1031 kJ (kilojoule) energy every year. Only one and half trillionth of this…
Sweeter Than Sugar, Black as Night, Healing as Medicine
Imagine a substance that’s fifty times sweeter than sugar and flexible enough to use as a shoelace or…
Islamic Science and Making of the European Renaissance
George Saliba is a professor of Arabic and Islamic Science at Columbia University in New York, USA. He…
A Well-designed On/Off Switch for the Cellular Pathways
In living cells, ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a key molecule, which is transcribed from deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and…
Without the Moon…
What would have happened if our Moon had not existed? How would its absence have affected the Earth,…
Don’t Say I Didn’t Warn You! I Am a Stressed Plant
It was a beautiful day in the garden. There was a slight breeze moving my petals and leaves…
Naturalistic Fallacy
As a metaphysical tenet of speculative philosophy naturalism suggests a worldview that is based on hypotheses that are…
It is Just a Measurement!
It was in the second grade when I came across measurement and units for the first time. Our…