Monthly Archive: January 2015

Poincar Conjecture

Henri Poincaré (French mathematician, 1854 – 1912) posed the question in 1904 whether any three dimensional surface with a few specific properties was in some mathematical sense equivalent to the three dimensional sphere. Poincaré’s famous conjecture is an excellent example…
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Species only Found in the Red Sea

Lying between Africa and Asia, the Red Sea is a protected ecosystem belonging to the Global 200 ecoregions named by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). It encompasses around 2000 km of coral reefs, which contributes immensely towards its diverse ecosystem. According…
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Legends about the Sun

Many civilizations have venerated the Sun since ancient times. Myths slowly evolved to explain the presence of the powerful entity that appeared to control the cycles of night and day, the seasons and the weather. Each legend offers its own…
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