We are on the verge of the most profound paradigm shift since the domestication of animals 10,000 years ago. We have progressed from being hunters and gatherers to domesticating both plants and animals to produce the food we require. Now, we have the maturity of technologies at our disposal to domesticate microorganisms to produce the…
Put simply, our current practices are not exactly sustainable in the long run. The farming space must transform completely to offset the impact it has on the environment, while also managing to feed the growing population.By Matus Malina Most people are aware that we, as a society, are facing major environmental challenges. Issues such as…
The solar system is often depicted as a closed entity, but how big is it actually? It’s a simple question that is difficult to answer. The Earth is 150 million kilometers from the Sun. The borders of our solar system, however, are so much further away. So far that we can’t see them with telescopes…
Black holes are not holes. The name, black hole, is just a helpful analogy, as Ole Eggers Bjælde, astrophysicist at Aarhus University, puts it. Because their gravity is so strong, they attract everything into them with such intensity that objects just seem to “fall” into them from all directions and disappear.By Matus Malina The idea…
Climate change is something that cannot be ignored. It is discussed constantly, along with possible ways to prevent it. In the past, the focus has been on lowering CO2 emissions. Now we turn our attention to geoengineering and the possibilities it provides.By Ida Helleskov The debate on climate change is one that has been going…
An exoplanet is any planet that is not a part of our solar system. The first exoplanet was discovered 30 years ago, and since then, the number has steadily risen. By Ida Helleskov NASA recently confirmed that there are over 5,000 exoplanets and the rise in numbers is not expected to slow down. As technology…
The idea of life in space has always fascinated us greatly, and with the recent technological developments, we have actually reached the point where finding it is within reach.By Ida Helleskov The idea of finding life in space is something that has fascinated humans for a very long time. It has been depicted in books…
I think we all know the feeling of looking up at the dark sky late at night and seeing it littered with stars. It is perhaps one of the quickest ways to realize our own insignificance in the face of the magnitude of the universe. The fact that we can only see a fraction of…