Introduction Throughout history, humans have had an intimate relationship with nature, most obviously depending on it for subsistence. As modern society emerged, industrialization freed many people from their direct reliance on nature for subsistence. With increasing urbanization post-industrial revolution, human civilization started insulating itself from its ecological roots, creating a Read more…
The Idea of Money When we hear the word money, we picture it like a coin, a dollar bill, or maybe a bag full of cash, but that is not a complete representation of it. Money, like language, is a social device – closer to a concept than a thing. Read more…
Introduction From the past few years, different nations and international organizations have been consistently making efforts to draw the attention of the masses towards sustainable development and eco-friendly approaches through various initiatives to minimize the use of conventional climate-damaging practices. Among the many challenges associated with such an endeavour, one Read more…
Introduction “P” stands for polynomial time and refers to the class of problems that can be solved (by algorithm) in polynomial time. “NP” stands for non-deterministic polynomial time and refers to the class of problems that can be verified in polynomial time. Thus, P = NP means equivalence of two Read more…
What’s Quantum Computing Computing is an activity that creates, requires or derives benefits from computers. It also means to build and design hardware and software systems, which in turn serve a range of applications, including making computer systems behave intelligently, do scientific studies, process and structure bulk data and a Read more…
An Experiment in Chaos Theory On a cold winter day 60 years ago, Edward Lorenz was running an experiment on his computer simulation of weather patterns. After entering some numbers and going out to get coffee for ten minutes, he noticed something weird in the results when he returned. He Read more…
Poverty is the state of lacking enough resources to provide for the necessities of life—food, clean water, shelter, and clothing. The majority of the poor are women and children, and most of them have no access to education. One of the most important insights of economics is that people live Read more…
During and outside the game, the sports industry can provide a rich stream of data that economists can use to analyze vital issues. For example, we can study discrimination, racism, gender difference, wage gap, game theory, and during gameplay, what drives entertainment, what type of content generates the most revenue, Read more…
By Ravina Banze and Irfan Bashir Baby Daya was eight months old when she was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia. Her stomach had swollen to the extent that her mother feared it would burst. The veins of her abnormally bloated stomach were visible, and her pale yellowish eyes narrated a story Read more…
On May 19th, 2020, a 12-hour gunfight raged between the Indian security forces and two militants in the NawaKadal area of Srinagar in Kashmir. Two militants were killed while three CRPF personnel and a policeman were injured during the encounter. Within a few hours, twenty-one houses were destroyed in the Read more…