Featured Ig Nobel Prize: When Science and Humor Collide The Ig Nobel Prizes began with the premise of awarding ideas that demanded recognition but would go unnoticed. It was founded by Marc Abrahams, a graduate of Harvard University who loved to explore things that were unique and funny since childhood. In an interview, Abrhams described that the idea of giving recognition to scientific humour began with some funny articles for an obscure magazine and then imbued books, columns and prizes. Written by Sharon Elaine D’Souza 2020-10-282020-10-29 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Astronomy The Higgs Boson: Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe Mankind is always curious to know how everything started. One of the branches of science dedicated to answering this question is particle physics — the study of really tiny pieces of things i.e. particles. These particles are the really small pieces that build up the world around us and are best described in the language […] Written by Areeba Iqbal 2020-10-162020-10-16 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Astronomy A Cosmic Debate: Do All Galaxies Have Dark Matter? The discovery of two ghostly galaxies DF2 and DF4, devoid of dark matter, has sparked a cosmic debate within the astronomical world. While the answer is still in the air, this cosmic-stir ending in an affirmation of the question can invalidate our decades-long understanding of how galaxies form and evolve. Written by Rubaa Yawar 2020-10-102020-10-10 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
News ConnectHear Celebrates International Week of the Deaf with Pakistani Deaf Community During the week of the Deaf, ConnectHear produced an emotive Dear Hearing People video campaign. The video showed a few Deaf and hard of hearing people sending a message to all hearing people of Pakistan to listen to them in sign language. The response can be exhibited in the tens of thousands of views they have gotten on the video. Written by ConnectHear 2020-10-042020-10-04 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Ig Nobel Prize: When Science and Humor Collide The Ig Nobel Prizes began with the premise of awarding ideas that demanded recognition but would go unnoticed. It was founded by Marc Abrahams, a graduate of Harvard University who loved to explore things that were unique and funny since childhood. In an interview, Abrhams described that the idea of giving recognition to scientific humour began with some funny articles for an obscure magazine and then imbued books, columns and prizes. Written by Sharon Elaine D’Souza 2020-10-282020-10-29 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Science Popularization in Pakistan: A Void in the Educational System The popularization of scientific disciplines in Pakistan, or lack thereof, is a rising area of concern for national academic experts. The importance of science for modern society is highlighted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), which describes it as one of the most important channels of knowledge. Written by Maryam Ali 2020-10-032020-10-03 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Engineering Featured Fighting Environmental Injustice A few years back a mother of two in Flint Michigan, upon finding that one of her children was not growing well, called an environmental engineer to test her home’s water supply. The tests revealed elevated levels of lead. This happened right after Flint’s water source was switched from the Detroit river and Lake Huron […] Written by ideaXme 2020-04-262020-08-25 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Interviews Dr Pervez Hoodbhoy: “Physics is the basis of everything” Dr Pervez Amirali Hoodbhoy is a nuclear physicist, mathematician, and activist. He did his BSc in mathematics and electrical engineering from MIT and went on to have an MSc in Solid State Physics and a PhD in Nuclear Physics from the same institution. He has had an extensive academic career: working as a guest scientist […] Written by Mahnoor Fatima 2020-01-162020-01-18 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Life Science The Single Specie Track of Human Evolution The most fundamental aspect related to life is death. Life, in reality, is a balance maintained by chemical forces between different molecules. There exist more conditions in an ever-changing world to challenge rather than sustain this molecular balance. Sooner or later the harmonious execution of these brilliant chemical forces is expected to go out of […] Written by Dr. Muhammad Mustafa 2020-01-092020-01-09 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Featured Where the Sun Rises in the West! 40 million kilometers away, far from our home planet, in between the Earth and the sun, illuminating our eyes and minds, there’s the shining Venus. Venus, the sister planet of Earth, is the second planet of the solar system. It has almost the same size as that of our home planet. That is why it […] Written by Syed Yasir Shah 2019-12-232020-01-13 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interviews Engineering, Empathy & Innovation: PakVitae Solving Water Problems for the World Rabia Nusrat, ideaXme’s Public Interviewer and an environmental engineering enthusiast from UET Lahore, interviewed Shayan Sohail Sarwar, a chemical engineer from the University of Engineering & Technology Lahore, Pakistan. Shayan Sohail Sarwar is a young innovator, and chief technology officer of Pak Vitae, a company dedicated to solving water problems for low-income communities. Driven by […] Written by ideaXme 2020-09-082020-09-08 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interviews Dr Imran Anwar: “A student should always stay curious” Dr Imran Anwar, an ardent mathematician, is currently an Associate Professor at the Abdus Salam School of Mathematical Sciences, Lahore. He has research interests in Commutative Algebra, Algebraic Geometry, and Enumerative Combinatorics. Recently, Spectra had the opportunity to speak to Dr Imran about the transformation of his initial fascination with mathematics to a career choice, […] Written by Iqra Naveed 2020-06-302020-06-30 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interviews To the Stars and Back: An Interview with Dr Tayyaba Zafar The spirit of dreaming of stars, in a city like Lahore, where you can rarely see them is in fact few and far between. Despite facing numerous challenges in STEM, with interests in astronomy—a hardly talked about course of interest in Pakistan, especially for women—Dr Tayabba Zafar pursued her dream of becoming an astrophysicist. Not […] Written by Iqra Naveed 2020-03-202020-03-28 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Interviews Science Through the Poetic Lens Before the scientific method, philosophy answered mankind’s big questions. But somewhere along the way, science conquered philosophy; scientists became rather mechanical, surrendering their hobbies and creativity to tireless invention and discovery. IdeaXme’s founder, Andrea Macdonald, interviews Dr. Sam Illingworth, an atmospheric physicist, and an avid science communicator. Dr. Illingworth is currently a Senior Lecturer in […] Written by ideaXme 2020-02-292020-02-29 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
