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 you one thing – You have stopped by the right place. Once again, let’s combine fun and learning, and create intellect.Here are a few facts on the Periodic Table which might make you gasp! Take a Modern Periodic Table and cut out the middle columns....

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 chance to observe the sky from his telescope.Moreover, he has been an honorary teacher in about two hundred (200) municipal schools. With the coming solar eclipse at hand, the group focused on making people aware of the science prevailing in the outer-space. They put...

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 for a 30-year career. So the crew of four took 800 kg of filming equipment, which includes an anti-shake camera, came to a remote atoll in the Republic of Seychelles where it was shot. It took several weeks to finally capture the rare fish shot....

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 us now go a little deeper. It is claimed that a bat has caused such monstrous havoc in all the countries of the world. Nevertheless, no virus can stop us from being curious, can it? Zoonotic Diseases are diseases that are caused by bacteria, viruses or...

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 common mother. Earlier, it was believed that Earth was at the centre of the Universe and all the plants, including the sun and the satellites, revolved around it. All the planets in our solar system are named after Roman Gods and Goddesses, except the Earth....

Written by Sofiya Shahiwala World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5 across the globe. This year, the theme of World Environment Day 2020 is to celebrate biodiversity. Over a million species are on the verge of extinction, which gives us a very reasonable motive to know a little more about our country’s diversified natural heritage. Each species, no matter how little, plays a significant role in the ecosystem. SciKnowTech Team brings to you yet another article celebrating the environmental diversity of our country! Let us go through some fun facts and get to know a little more...

Written by Sofiya Shahiwala Morgan Appel, the Assistant Dean for Education and Community Outreach at UC San Diego Extension said that in today’s constantly changing environment, our youth must be prepared with the fundamentals of STEM teaching. This would make them able enough to solve real-life problems, comprehend information, and gather evidence for taking decisions. Never Stop Learning STEM Education, at the grassroots level, revolves around the conceptual understanding of some of the most creative subjects of the academic curriculum – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. There is a wide range of flexibility in teaching as well as learning these...