My parents were born and raised in India. So, we get to celebrate festivals like Diwali (festival of lights), Holi (festival of colors), Raksha Bandhan (a celebration of siblings) and […]
Vaageesha Das
What makes ice slippery?
When I first learned how to ice skate, my teacher taught us to do fishies with our feet. We would have the heels of our feet touching, then we would […]
How did Crater Lake get so deep?
I got the chance to visit the beautiful Crater Lake during my vacation on the West Coast. The sight was truly breathtaking, the water was clear and clean and amazingly […]
Why I’m lighter under water
My family and I went to Cheat Lake last week, where we went swimming at the lakeside. My younger brother (who is 5-foot-7) gave my dad (who is 5-foot-11) a […]
Mystery of the black hole
When I first learned about black holes, I was 7 or 8 years old. They scared me so much that I genuinely thought a black hole would come and suck […]
How color vision works
Looking around us, we can see so many things with a wide range of colors. These colors add to the beauty of the world. Even though we humans can’t detect […]
How do animals regenerate limbs?
Salamanders can regenerate their limbs. Instead of scar tissue, the cut is transformed into a wound epidermis, activating chemicals that cause the nerves underneath where the limb was taken away […]
Why is our memory limited?
Memory occurs because of three processes: Encoding (transferring information from the environment into our brains through sight, sound, taste, touch or smell), storage (retaining that information) and retrieval (getting that […]
How has the lack of touch affected us?
Once the number of coronavirus cases increased, we were told not to touch each other. How did one year of not being able to use the universal language of touch […]
Why are species different?
We humans are all part of the same species: Homo sapiens. A species is defined as the largest group of individuals that can produce fertile offspring. When the parents are […]
