THERE IS A NEW GLOBAL EPIDEMIC, it has kids and adults alike mindlessly roaming alleyways, searching dark bushes at night, and trespassing private property for that sweet, sweet hit. The other day I was a passenger in my brother’s car, cruising as we do. When out of nowhere one of the victims stepped in front … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2016
Anish Kapoor and Vantablack: the blackest black ever
THE BLACKEST SHADE OF BLACK EVER is known as Vantablack, and British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor has been given the exclusive artistic licence to use it. “It’s so black you almost can’t see it,” Kapoor told BBC Radio 4. “Imagine a space that’s so dark that as you walk in you lose all sense of where you are, … Continue reading
Helpful: A Lapsus guide to surviving a black hole
So you’ve fallen into a black hole. Oh dear! The gravitational pull of these collapsed stars is so fierce that not even light can escape—hence the name, black. And the further you fall, the fiercer it gets. If you’ve slipped in feet-first, the exponential suck of gravity will be pulling on your toes at forces … Continue reading
Fluxgate Magnets, Gravity Science and LEGO: A look into the things on board NASA’s Juno
JUNO ORBITS JUPITER. After a five-year journey through space, NASA’s space-probe Juno arrived last week at planet Jupiter, the gas-giant, the largest planet in our solar system. NASA’s Mission Juno surveys the northern and southern lights of Jupiter, the planet’s magnetic field, radiation, as well as the secrets that lie beneath Jupiter’s thick swirl of … Continue reading