What is the probability of your existence? According to this fun blog post, about 1 in 102,685,000! That is apparently the same probability of 2 million people each rolling a trillion-sided dice and landing on the same number! Now that calculation (despite being thoroughly enjoyable to read) is flawed because of a simple bias… What … Read more
Here is a question: Is the Red Blood Cell in your blood alive? I know technically Cells are the simplest unit of a living organism that can replicate and performs a particular function. They don’t “live” technically but living organisms cant exist without them. So, RBCs perform really useful functions in your body and if … Read more
Most people are afraid of silence. It makes them really uncomfortable and considering that they encounter it so rarely, they never realize it. Silence is sort-of like the new Dark. Maybe the fear in some level, is to be left alone with just our thoughts…
I find Ants terribly fascinating. Their variety, numbers, behavior etc make it one of the most seemingly alien like living things on earth. For starters they were around from the times of the dinosaurs. They literally are the kings of this planet, there are found in almost every land mass and constitute the largest chunk … Read more