Fun fact: In just three years, a barren dumping ground in Mumbai’s Uttan region has transformed into a dense green forest of over 8,600 trees — all grown using a method that promises to make nature heal at lightning speed. There’s something poetic about a forest rising from a garbage heap. Mumbai’s Green Revolution: How …
Fun fact: one of the world’s oldest known monuments, Göbekli Tepe in present-day Turkey, was built around 11,000 years ago — long before agriculture, cities, or writing. We’ve been building monuments almost from the moment we gathered in groups. Why? Because building is more than creating. In asking Why Do We Build Monuments? we dig …
Fun fact: the oldest known “star map” might be older than writing itself — etched not on paper, but in the memory of the sky. How Did Humans First Map the Stars? It’s a question that connects astronomy to art, curiosity to survival. Long before telescopes, satellites, or even compasses, our ancestors looked upward, tracing …
Fun fact: the ancient Egyptians believed that every morning the sun god Ra sailed across the sky in a boat—only to descend through the underworld at night, battling chaos until dawn returned. But that dramatic myth hints at a deeper question: Why did ancient civilizations worship the sun? In this article, we’ll peel back the …
Fun fact: even newborns prefer looking at faces to scrambled shapes—suggesting our brains are wired to recognize meaning, relationships, and narrative almost from birth. But why do humans tell stories? Why did our ancestors gather around fires to pass down tales of hunts, gods, love, loss, or tricksters? The title of this piece—“Why Humans Tell …
Fun fact: in the past 30 years, trees in the Amazon rainforest have increased their average basal area (cross-section at chest height) by about 3.3 % per decade. That’s right—Amazon Rainforest Trees Getting Bigger: What a New Study Says is not just a catchy headline, it’s a reality born from decades of scientific observation. It …
Fun fact: The Himalayas are still rising by about 5 millimetres every year — meaning that Mount Everest, already the tallest peak in the world, is still getting taller. So, do mountains grow? The answer is both yes and no — and it’s a story as old as the Earth itself. We tend to think …
Fun fact: Long before humans invented the plough or learned to domesticate wheat and rice, ants were already farming. Yes, you read that right. These tiny insects — often dismissed as picnic raiders or household pests — have been quietly running farms for millions of years. And that’s the question we’ll explore today: How do …
Fun fact: some fast-growing plantation monocultures can actually store less carbon than the natural forests they replace — and they often kill off biodiversity in the process. Welcome to “The Green Cover Scam” — a scandal hidden behind shiny tree-planting campaigns. On the surface, it feels noble: more green cover, cleaner air, climate rescue. But …
