Science Writer
Science Writer
Do not awaken the sleeping giant inside the lamp; instead of rewarding you, it might kill you! No, such a statement is not found in the tales of Alif Laila. But the sleeping giant that humanity has awakened makes the genie in the lamp seem insignificant.
There is a widely accepted notion that the universe was born through the Big Bang. But is that truly the case? According to the prevailing theory, the Big Bang marked the very beginning of time. There's substantial evidence supporting this. However, the Big Bang theory fails to answer one fundamental question—what existed before the Big Bang?
Is human life moving towards servitude to machines? There was once considerable debate among sociologists and even some skepticism among scientists, but the blink of an eye has seen a transformation. The Earth of the year 2000 and today's Earth are worlds apart. While economic and social equality may not have been achieved, in a literal sense, the world has now transformed into a global village. And this seemingly insurmountable change has been driven by the small device called the smartphone.
Although the famous Japanese novel The Three-Body Problem is fiction, science is presented perfectly here rather than fantasy. In this story, an alien civilization has discovered the Earth. Their rogue king wants to attack and wipe out the people and take over the fertile land of the Earth. They are ahead of humans in knowledge and science, but their planet is not as stable as ours. Natural disasters are a daily occurrence there. So, after discovering the Earth, the king felt that if their civilization could be relocated to Earth, their future generations could live in peace for a long time without significant disasters. Since the Earth's civilization was not so advanced, it should not have been difficult to defeat the people and occupy this territory quickly. Still, the royal scientist warnes them - he calculated that it would take four hundred years for their spaceship to reach the Earth.
Is Frankenstein's monster really rearing out its head? Recently, some events in the technology world have caused concern. Science does not create monsters, nor do scientists; but anything can happen with the power of science which is under the ax of Benya rulers, just like how the world witnessed in 1945, Hiroshima Nagasaki. When the power falls into the hands of unscrupulous, corrupt businessmen, they use science to market it until their pockets swell. Regardless of tarnishing others’ reputation or killing ‘insignificant’ lives. Such crooks don't have the time or wishes to think about those things. All they want is money, fame, comfort and their own desires fulfilled.