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Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Science Fiction writer, Suzanne Collins Comment should still be Free - an opinion piece by Hannah Duffey, 11 November, 2025. Few read this paper, since we keep it off The Cloud. Dog-eared copies pass furtively, ink-stained echoes of The Guardian that died to protect our freedom. That chronicle was killed in a previous decade, after daring to show us what “The People’s Government” can see us do on the Web. So we maintain an underground future by…

An atom is a basic unit of an element. For thousands of years, people have been questioning about these tiny particles and have came up with many theories based around it. Though many people believe atomic theories started with John Dalton around the late 1700s or early 1800s. This is not true as the atomic theories started sometime during 300 or 400 B.C. with the philosopher, Democritus, being one of the first to come up with a theory about atoms. Democritus’ theory gave the basics of an atom;…

On April 22, 1904, the cries of a newborn J. Robert Oppenheimer were heard. He was born into a wealthy New York family. His father, Julius Oppenheimer was an immigrant from Germany in his family’s textile importing business while his mother; Ella Friedman was a painter in New York where her ancestry had been there for generations. Later on, he would receive a little brother named Frank, who would be also be a future physicist. At a young age, he was a sheltered child who was instilled morals,…

able to take time to spend with Albert Einstein and as a result, he proposed the paradox known as “Schrodinger’s Cat” in 1935. The paradox was to help illustrate the problem of the “Copenhagen Interpretation” of quantum mechanics, first derived by Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. The paradox created the scenario of a cat was in a sealed box for approximately an hour and the cat’s life or death depended on the state of a subatomic particle. Until the box…

The Atomic Theory The atomic theory serves as the basic foundation for the study of matter; it is of major importance to the study of Chemistry. The atomic theory has an interesting and lengthy history that shall be discussed. Furthermore, it has been perfected and discussed by many chemists over a number of years; all of their brilliant minds put together into one. There have been drastic changes to the atomic structure in modern times, proving we still do not know everything. Technology…

Teleportation technology has been seen by many as a Frankenstein event in humanity’s long history. Although the technology has inspired many with its numerous potential applications, it has also terrified a lot of pessimists. Teleportation is a technology that promises to provide instantaneous travel from one location, for instance, Bangkok to another site far from the earth like the Alpha Centauri star system. Such power is one that is worth grasping after. Some have gone ahead to suggest that…

The Atomic Theory states that all matter is composed of discrete units called atoms. The Atomic Theory started in about 400 BCE with a scientist by the name of Democritus. Democritus proposed the idea of the existence of an ultimate particle. He called this particle atomos when he was describing it, because the particle was too small to cut. Next, we get to Leucippus. Leucippus was the man who founded atomism, which is a theoretical approach that states nature consists of two principles, which…

formed a group known as the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. The group stated that elementary particles possess a fundamentally indeterminate nature. In disagreement, Einstein responded to the claim with, “God does not play dice.” Niels Bohr, a physicists among to group retorted, “Albert, stop telling God what to do.” In 1939, German physicist Otto Hahn and his Austrian college Lise Meitner bombarded uranium atoms with neutrons, splitting their nuclei to release energy. This is…

Topic: Atomic Bomb: Composition, Explosion By Chandra Goyal (IPM2013032) By Shilpika Ganeriwala (IPM2013085) Introduction Every nation requires the advancement of energy policy as an act which balances. A country’s decision regarding inclusion of nuclear energy in the country’s portfolio can be more complicated because nuclear needs an industry and regulatory infrastructure to ensure the safety, the ongoing access to the global nuclear trade with the help of treaties and cooperation…

One of the most recognized names in the field of science is Ernest Rutherford, who made tremendous contributions to the disciplines of chemistry and physics during the early twentieth century. Every general chemistry or physics textbook describes the work that Rutherford performed and how it has shaped our understanding of atomic structure. However, while the importance of his scientific work is well described, these textbooks make no mention of the personal life of this great scientist. The…