Written by Sofiya Shahiwala A Tribute to World Animal Day…… World Animal Welfare Day or World Animal Day is celebrated on 4th October, every year across the globe. This day creates an opportunity for people all over the world to come together and celebrate their love and respect towards animals, spread awareness and take a step...
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala With Diwali on at full swing, we all are tremendously excited about watching a sky overspread with lighting and colors. However, little do we know about the creative chemistry behind our much so beloved fire-crackers. The fundamental science behind Firework, also known as Pyrotechnics has come a long way since its invention. Dating back to as early as the Song Dynasty in China, local people popularly believed that fireworks were...
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala We all know about the logical reason behind the occurrence of waves, typically known as Tide and Ebb. A Tide or Ebb acquires its energy via the gravitational forces. A Tsunami is one such phenomenon which involves waves but obtains the energy from a force which is much distinguished. Today, on...
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala World Soil Day is celebrated on the 5th of December every year to spread awareness and advocate individuals about soil, its fertility and the increasing danger towards the degradation of the soil. ‘Mere deshki dharti sona ugle, Ugle, ugle heere moti…’ Just as the saying goes, it is evident that India is...
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala Winter is here and as we all know, so is the time for brisk winds and chilly mornings. As we, as children, try to remain under our blankets and sleep a little more before we are forced to go to school, other animals tend to move their places in order to...
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala Hydrogen, Helium, Lithium… Magnesium? Or was that Beryllium? Also, where does it ever end? Don’t they have names belonging to scientists as well? Like, Einsteinium or something? Well, if you’re also in the middle of learning the names of the elements of a table which goes on till eternity, I assure...
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala The enthusiastic team of SciKnowTech academy, along with the astronomy expert, Mr. Tanmaye Vyas, organised an informative event at the MegaEdufest in Ahmedabad, India. Mr. Tanmaye Vyas is a well-known Astronomer with extensive experience in teaching as well as astrophysics. It is maintained that more than one lakh people have gotten...
The sea off the Republic of Seychelles is calm. Suddenly a fish leaps out of the sea to feed the wuyou gull. Initially, the story of a fish eating a bird came only from a fisherman’s story. In the absence of any photographic evidence, the director of the crew thought this was a worthwhile risk...
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala Back in school, we might have read an insignificant paragraph or two about Viruses. However, little did we know that more than half of us would be researching for those microbial creatures during a Pandemic in 2020… Having done all the research about the outbreak of COVID-19 from our part, let...
Written by Sofiya Shahiwala World Earth Day is celebrated on the 22nd of April every year. This day was first celebrated in 1970 to honour Mother Earth and to spread peace. On this day this year, the team of SciKnowTech brings forth a few very interesting facts which might leave you intrigued to know about our...
