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The Drake Equation

Do you ever wonder if aliens exist? If yes, then how many? Dr. Drake created a formula to estimate the number of intelligent alien species. Read more to find how he did it!

Artificial Intelligence

By Rutu Shah What is Artificial Intelligence?  Artificial Intelligence (AI) is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans. How does AI work? AI works by combining large amounts of data with fast, iterative processing and intelligent algorithms, allowing the software to learn automatically from patterns or features in the data.  It usesContinue reading “Artificial Intelligence”

DECODING VEDIC MATHS

-KHUSHI DEORA Veda is a Sanskrit word which means ‘Knowledge’. Vedic Mathematics is a system of mathematics which was discovered by Indian mathematician Jagadguru Shri Bharathi Tirthaji in the period between A.D. 1911 and 1918.  The most striking feature of the Tirthaji system is its coherence. The whole system is interrelated and unified.  The 16 ‘Sutras’are basedContinue reading “DECODING VEDIC MATHS”

Ever wondered why earphones get tangled?

A research paper titled Spontaneous knotting of an agitated string by Dorian M. Raymer and Douglas E. Smith of the University of California at San Diego Department of Physics, demonstrated this phenomenonIn the abstract, the researchers wrote: “It is well known that a jostled string tends to become knotted; yet the factors governing the “spontaneous”Continue reading “Ever wondered why earphones get tangled?”

Most interesting shapes you have never heard before

By Bhavya shah When we were kids we were taught different geometric shapes in our school and at our colleges. First we learnt about a line,then about squares,rectangles and circles,then came 3D cubes,cuboids and cones.But our teachers never taught us about the most interesting geometric shape in today’s world.A Möbius strip What is a MöbiusContinue reading “Most interesting shapes you have never heard before”

How to get your way with Statistics 2.0

If you have read the previous article on “How to get your way with Statistics” you must have surely learned some new tricks to bend math in your favour. In this article we will learn about more such shenanigans and how to see right through them. (Note: No prior knowledge is required to understand theContinue reading “How to get your way with Statistics 2.0”