Problem of The Week (1)
The points A, B and C are the centres of three faces of a cuboid that meet at the same vertex. The lengths of the sides of the triangle ABC are 4, 5 and 6. What is…
Muon-Catalysed Fusion
Nuclear fusion occurs when two atomic nuclei come close enough for the attraction governed by the strong nuclear force to overcome the electromagnetic repulsion of the positive charges of the individual nuclei….
The Psychology Behind why People Join Cults
November 18th 1978, Jonestown, French Guiana. 918 people lie dead – men, women, children. A tub of grape-flavoured Flavour Aid sits in the centre of the town, still half-empty. The…
The Threat of Exploit Kits
As technology has developed, both its use in industry and commerce has grown causing a real dependency on the devices we are so familiar with today. With these developments, threats…
The Physics Behind Quantum Computing
Quantum entanglement is the process by which particles interact in such a way that their physical properties such as momentum, spin and polarisation perfectly correlate. In quantum computing this allows…
Cavalieri’s Principle
Bonaventura Cavalieri observed that if a set of parallel planes cutting two figures of equal height always form cross-sections of equal area, then the volumes of the solids are equal….
A, C, T, G, U, P, Z – Toying with Genetics
‘There are four bases, adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine.’ This phrase has been directly lifted from the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Biology textbook, and a simple fact that we can learn…
Electromagnetic Radiation from Cell Phones
The scintillating iPhone 7 pulsates as he calls. She picks up. Presses the phone to her face. Harmless, right? Think again. Five billion cell phones are used in the world…
Quantum Computing: What is it, what can it do and should we welcome it?
Regular computers at their most fundamental level use transistors to process information. Each transistor represents a bit, which is a 1 or a 0. When the transistor is on (1),…
The perpetual conflict between lesion damage and repair mechanisms, and why we can be optimistic about curing cancer
Source of featured image: https://www.whatisepigenetics.com Abstract: We are told in GCSE that mutations and changes to the structure of a nucleotide is so harmful if not dealt with, these various…
