Greenwashing is an evolutionary technique developed by large corporations. It’s an emerging strategy to deceive environmentalists. Like every other country, many large companies in Bangladesh are also following this technique to grab the attention of people who are prone to buy products from environment-friendly companies, not from others. This strategy …
Read More »Houseplants in Future: Our At-Home Power Plant
While imagining the future, we think about a lot of things like flying cars, robots assisting humans, and even time machines. But do we ever imagine ourselves depending on plants to watch TV, turn on fans, or even charge our mobile phones? For now, it may seem hard to create …
Read More »Doomsday Seed Vault: Hoarding for Apocalypse
What do you picture when the land of midnight sun, Norway crosses your mind? It must be white snowy terrain, crystal-like blue glaciers, magical dancing aurora, astounding fjords, wild polar bears, scenic landscapes, intriguing cultural heritage, and all the mind-boggling aspects. But little do we know, this land is accommodating …
Read More »Terrarium: Your Very Own Ecosystem
What is Terrarium? Have you ever heard of miniature but thoroughly natural garden, implanted inside a glass jar? Well, that is exactly what terrarium is- it may also be termed as a little rainforest domiciled in an enclosed jar or container made of glass. The word “Terrarium” was derived from …
Read More »Cavitation and Embolism: Bubbles in The Stem!
Water transportation seems comparatively a simple phenomenon than how plants communicate with each other or the studies regarding whether they feel any pain. Because the transportation system seems so obvious and uninteresting there has been little research on this topic and there lie many other things that are still unknown. …
Read More »Bandarban: Where Heaven of Nature Meets Wild Blue Yonder
Bangladesh is blessed with a plethora of interesting spots to visit. The country has a lot to offer for a pleasant and educational trip, from gorgeous natural areas to historical landmarks. For its daring, unusual, and scenic terrain, the most isolated and least populated Bandarban is a popular destination among …
Read More »Malthus’ Law & How It Catalyzed Darwin’s Thought
Five years with nature aboard, the Beagle destroyed Darwin’s faith in the fixity of species. In July, 1837, shortly after the voyage, he started his first notebook on “transmutation.” Already convinced that evolution had occurred, Darwin sought a theory to explain its mechanism. After much preliminary speculation and a few …
Read More »ATP Synthase: World’s Smallest Motor
Ever wondered that your very own body might contain a motor like the one we use to run any machine? And it is not just any motor, but a motor recorded to be the world’s smallest one. This motor is commonly known as ATP synthase. Every one of the 50 …
Read More »The Eyes of Plants: ft Charles and Francis Darwin
We all know Darwin as the father of evolution. But we have almost no knowledge about Darwin the botanist. Our textbooks only taught us about how Darwin gave the evolution theory and what is evolution. Even the books included in our syllabus of schools and colleges for studying botany didn’t …
Read More »পৃথিবীর ভবিষ্যত: মরুভূমি নাকি অরণ্য?
পৃথিবীর দক্ষিণ গোলার্ধের দিকে অবস্থিত একটি প্রাচীন হ্রদ খুঁজে পান বিজ্ঞানীরা। পূর্বে এখানে পানি থাকলেও কালের পরিক্রমায় তা এখন ভরাট। তবে তা মানুষ ভরাট করে নি, প্রাকৃতিকভাবেই হয়েছে। এ হ্রদ ভরাট হবার সময় মাটি চাপা পড়ে সেসময়কার গাছের পাতা, কীটপতঙ্গ, মাছ। আর এভাবেই সেখানে তৈরি হয় বিভিন্ন জীবের ফসিল। বিজ্ঞানীরা …
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