Science is all around us. From biology to chemistry and even computer science or medical science. You don’t need to read long books to learn more about science. You can learn a lot about science from fun facts or from playing science quizzes.
- Sci-fi movies and video games are often inspired by scientific inventions or discoveries, which means the future might not be so different from what we see in Hollywood movies.
- Scientists in China successfully edited a faulty gene inside the bodies of 86 embryos during a recent fertility trial.
- In 2016, scientists trained AI to create its own encryption software from scratch using only basic maths concepts.
- A new vaccine can make people immune to all strains of HIV after being tested successfully on monkeys in 2018.
- If you had been sent back in time to around 10 thousand years ago, scientists believe that you could still understand 90 percent of what ancient humans were saying because the language hasn’t changed all that much over the past ten millennia.
- There is a type of radiation called ‘soft’ X-rays, which is actually so soft that it can go through the skin without hurting you, which means that doctors can use this form of radiation to take pictures of your internal organs without having to put you inside a medical scanner.
- By 2025, every inch of the world will be mapped with centimeter accuracy thanks to Google Maps – which means that future generations might not know what it’s like to get lost or ask for directions.
- By 2040, computers would be so powerful that they can run virtual simulations of the entire human brain at any given point in time – which means that we might have replicants just like those seen in Bladerunner, who are virtually indistinguishable from real people.
- Scientists recently discovered a new armor made entirely out of silk which is stronger than Kevlar – which means that future soldiers might be able to wear clothing made of silk instead of the usual heavy body armor.
- The moon’s biggest crater is so large and deep that scientists have compared it to Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
