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Climate Observations based on ALLATRA SCIENCE
(Earth Sciences)

There is a big risk of misunderstanding and underestimating all the factors and the scale of influence of various processes on global climate change.

Physical Phenomena and the World of Design
(Science in Arts and Culture)

Because we are accustomed to live with tools and machines that allow us access to endless information, designers pursue graphs, codes, and software that transforms data and variables into unique shapes.

Max Planck: The Founder of Quantum Theory (Q&A)
(Inventions and Innovations)

A brilliant ninth-grade student once visited my office, to ask some questions that intrigued him while reading Carl Sagan’s Romance of Science. 

Stephen Hawking: A Legacy of Hope
(Inventions and Innovations)

A disease as grave as ALS could have broken any spirit; however, some people’s strength and determination are stronger than any disease; Stephen Hawking is one of those towering figures.

Biomechanics: Work Out Smarter, Not Harder
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Biomechanics is the science that studies the body’s motion; it is an extensive interaction between biology and mechanics.

Lise Meitner and the Nobel Prize Controversy
(Inventions and Innovations)

The splitting of atoms—nuclear fission—was a discovery that changed our world. Few, however, know that a woman physicist participated in the discovery of the real power of nuclear energy.

The Science Behind Up!
(Science in Arts and Culture)

Look up in the sky! It is not a bird! It is not a plane! It is not even a superhero! It is a flying house!

What to Wear in Summer—that is the Question!
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Being aware of what you should wear in summer is very important to stay cool, comfortable and healthy.

Capturing Life: The Camera
(Inventions and Innovations)

As early as the 11th century, the idea of the camera was already being developed.

Why Do We Wear Heavy Clothes in Winter?
(Food, Mood, and Behavior)

Why do we need to wear heavy clothes during Winter?

Mirror, Mirror
(Physical and Chemical Sciences)

Our reflected images in the mirrors seem to have a lot of scientific fun.

It Is Not Always About Food: Sham el-Nessim
(Science Fun Time: Stories and Activities)

This year, why not make Sham el-Nessim more fun and carry out one or more science experiments with your children? 

Plasma: The Uncharted Element
(Astronomy and Space Sciences)

Most schoolchildren learn that everything in the universe is a solid, a liquid or a gas. However, those lessons usually lack the fourth and by far the most common state of matter: plasma. 

New Frontiers of Color: Non-Spectral Colors
(Physical and Chemical Sciences)

What is the color of infrared? Is it red, or is that what the camera makes us see? 

Terrestrial Hide and Seek
(Microorganism, Animal and Plant Life)

Camouflage is a process through which animals change colors in accordance with the surrounding environment, becoming hardly distinguishable from it.

Lava Lamps
(Science Fun Time: Stories and Activities)

The Lava Lamp was invented by Edward Craven Walker in Britain in 1963. He had the idea when he noticed a homemade egg timer filled with liquid that looked like an alien.

Light Painting Photography
(Science in Arts and Culture)

Generally, light in photography is essential in producing photos. It can make the difference between an incredible shot and a terrible one. 

Deciphering Light
(Physical and Chemical Sciences)

Ancient Greeks developed some theories that explained what light is, making it possible for scientists to decipher it. 

William Lawrence Bragg: Youngest Nobel Laureate in Physics
(Inventions and Innovations)

Although William Lawrence Bragg (1890−1971) is the second youngest Nobel Laureate after Malala Yousafzai, he is the youngest ever to receive it in a scientific field.

Maria Goeppert–Mayer: Cracking the Nucleus Shell
(Inventions and Innovations)

The German physicist and mathematician, Maria Goeppert-Mayer is prominent for her numerous contributions to the field of physics for which she earned the Nobel Prize in 1963. She was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for theoretical physics, and second woman in history to win a Nobel Prize after Marie Curie. She is most famous for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus—a model of the atomic nucleus that provides a detailed description of the structure of the nucleus in terms of energy levels.

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