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THE DAWN OF A QUANTUM LEAP: NUCLEAR FUSION

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The term ‘sustainability’ is now no longer a word which finds its seat only in meetings of international summits like COP-26 and Earth summit. It is now an issue so popularized that our actions are subconsciously nursing the wounds of environment. Consequently, one of the biggest agenda of think-tanks world-over, is to find alternatives to fossil fuels, especially in the sector of electricity generation. It has become a common realization that conventional sources of energy like coal, being depleted at an alarming rate, would not sustain the needs of the swiftly growing population in coming generations. Nonconventional sources of energy are in vogue these days. But none comes as a God’s gift. While dams bring innumerable social problems at our palms, wind energy too does not offer a perfect solution. With these uncertainties, wouldn’t it look like a candle in darkness if a source of energy that produces 4 million times as much heat energy as Coal could be used in near future? The power...
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Human Habitat after Earth

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Human race, the Homo sapiens , is the most superior species in the plethora of biodiversity. Its intelligence, wisdom, emotional development, structural and functional complexity, genomic design etc. are only some of the feature for this categorization. The genius of Humans has led to countless, stunning marvel that are continuously transforming the earth to a better future. But, to every silver lining, there is a cloud. These capabilities are used by the sapiens for greed, malice, jealousy, vengeance, vindication, superiority complex and many others, becoming heinous to the mother earth. Space colonization might seem as a good shot for a fictional movie like Interstellar. But our circumstances force us to do so, and we will eventually accomplish the goal. The day the telephone was invented, reports bagged the headlines of newspapers. People were amazed and stunned by this chunk of atoms. “A machine that talks”, was the first reaction of the people. But at this point of time, a phone i...
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