Author: The Science Council
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The James Webb Space Telescope
by Chaitanya Sharma NASA’s new telescope, The James Webb Space Telescope, was launched on 25 December 2022 and bears the name of James Webb, an influential figure who was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to lead the space agency during the 1960s. A total of 10 billion dollars went into the project, with 9.5…
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The Fermi Paradox & The Great Filter Theory
by Ayaan Agarwal We’ve all wondered whether there is life in space, other than us. Given the statistics, there are approximately 40 billion habitable planets in the Milky Way alone. That leaves us with the dreadful question: “Where are the aliens?” This is a problem humans have dwelt over for a long time, and it…
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The AI Takeover
by Anant Agarwal Quick, what’s the root of 228? What’s the highest-ever grossing Mexican film? If you answered ‘15.1’ and ‘Instructions Not Included’, there are two possibilities. One is that you are a walking encyclopaedia. The other is that you’re using the most powerful brain-enhancement technology of the 21st century: the Internet. Even though the…
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What if..? – Anam Mathur
in ArchiveWhat if we are all stuck in a simulation? What if it isn’t our minds controlling us but another person? What if there are thousands of other multiverses. These “What-if’s” only end in one conclusion, the so-called “Reality”. Not letting us express or extend forwards into our wild dreams, which may just be a glimpse of…
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A Future That Lasts-What if we could live for a million years? – Aisha Goel
in ArchiveImagine blowing thousands of candles on your birthday every year, becomingwiser and more risk-averse and being able to erase the flaws and mistakes that wehave been too ignorant to stop in the past and especially with advances inbioscience and technology one can imagine a post-COVID-19 future when mostdiseases are cured and our life span will…